Meanings
nounbird pepper (plural bird peppers)
plural bird peppers · alternative bird's pepper
- The very hot, red fruit of this plant.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounplant 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
Similar
Capsicum frutescens baccatumCapsicum baccatum
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
bird pepper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird%20pepper
MLA
“bird pepper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird%20pepper. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bird pepper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird%20pepper.
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