Definition for bird pepper - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	bird pepper (bird pep¦per) noun a tropical American capsicum pepper which is thought to be the ancestor of both sweet and chilli peppers. Capsicum annuum variety glabriusculum (or C. frutescens variety typicum), family Solanaceae the small, red, very hot fruit of the bird pepper plant. a variety of small hot pepper grown in Asia or Africa.		Search results in the dictionary bird's-eye pepper in bird's-eye More results » More words in this category banksia rose bur-marigold cajuput cinchona cocklebur cohosh kangaroo vine karri mimulus mudwort myosotis philodendron pogonia Scots pine shallot snowflake tiarella tuna 2 turpentine Nearby Words bird colonel bird dog bird fancier bird fancier's lung bird flu bird observatory bird of paradise bird of passage bird of prey bird pepper bird ringing bird strike bird table bird's nest soup bird's-eye bird's-eye maple bird's-eye view bird's-foot bird's-foot trefoil