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bird pepper definition

bird pepper

  1. a small, very hot, tropical American red pepper
  2. the plant (Capsicum annum var. glabriusculum) on which it grows, esp. any of the native, wild forms of this plant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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