bird pepper
noun
a variety of pepper, Capsicum anuum glabriusculum, with small, elongated berries.
Origin of bird pepper
First recorded in 1780–90
Words nearby bird pepper
bird of ill omen,
bird of paradise,
bird of passage,
bird of peace,
bird of prey,
bird pepper,
bird shot,
bird spider,
bird strike,
bird table,
bird walk
Example sentences from the Web for bird pepper
The Palma Christi and bird-pepper grow into perennial plants, living and producing many years.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes |Sylvia Sunshine
British Dictionary definitions for bird pepper
bird pepper
noun
a tropical solanaceous plant, Capsicum frutescens, thought to be the ancestor of the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
the narrow podlike hot-tasting fruit of this plant