English noun: bird pepper | |||
1. | bird pepper (plant) plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers | ||
Synonyms | Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum frutescens baccatum | ||
Broader (hypernym) | capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper | ||
Member meronym | Capsicum, genus Capsicum | ||