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bird pepper

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

Origin:
1780–90
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bird pepper  
n.  
  1. A variety of pepper (Capsicum annum var. glabriusculum) that includes the wild forms native to the southern United States and Mexico south to Colombia.

  2. The small pungent fruit of this plant.

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