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Meaning of BIRD PEPPER

Pronunciation:  burd 'pepur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  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
 
 Synonyms: Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum frutescens baccatum
 
 See Also: capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, genus Capsicum, pepper

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bird" pep`per\
A species of capsicum ({Capsicum baccatum}), whose small,
conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red
peppers.

 

 

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