bird pepper
noun
1.
a variety of pepper,
Capsicum anuum glabriusculum,
with small, elongated berries.
Origin
1780-90
British Dictionary definitions for
bird pepper
bird pepper
noun
1.
a tropical solanaceous plant,
Capsicum frutescens
, thought to be the ancestor of the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
2.
the narrow podlike hot-tasting fruit of this plant