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bird pepper

noun

  1. a variety of pepper, Capsicum anuum glabriusculum, with small, elongated berries.


bird pepper

noun

  1. a tropical solanaceous plant, Capsicum frutescens , thought to be the ancestor of the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
  2. the narrow podlike hot-tasting fruit of this plant


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bird pepper1

First recorded in 1780–90

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Example Sentences

The Palma Christi and bird-pepper grow into perennial plants, living and producing many years.

The dried fruit of a plant called bird pepper, a native of both Indies.

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