NOUN | plant | Capsicum baccatum, bird pepper, Capsicum frutescens baccatum | plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits |
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Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonyms | bird pepper, Capsicum frutescens baccatum | |
Member of | genus Capsicum, Capsicum | chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits |
Broader | capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant | Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers |
Catalan | Capsicum baccatum |
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