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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bird pepper
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
[syn: Capsicum frutescens baccatum, Capsicum baccatum]