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bird pepper
noun
- a variety of pepper, Capsicum anuum glabriusculum, with small, elongated berries.
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
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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.
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The dried fruit of a plant called bird pepper, a native of both Indies.
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