bird pepper

2 definitions found

bird pepper - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bird pepper \Bird" pep`per\
     A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small,
     conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red
     peppers.
     [1913 Webster]

bird pepper - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bird pepper
      n 1: plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits;
           includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to
           be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers [syn:
           bird pepper, Capsicum frutescens baccatum, Capsicum baccatum
           ]