Noun: bird pepper burd pe-pu(r)
- 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
"Bird peppers are among the hottest varieties known";
- Capsicum frutescens baccatum, Capsicum baccatum
Derived forms: bird peppers
Type of: capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper
Part of: Capsicum, genus Capsicum
Encyclopedia: Bird pepper