Bird pepper \Bird" pep`per\ A species of capsicum ({Capsicum baccatum}), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.
bird pepper n : 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 [syn: {Capsicum frutescens baccatum}, {Capsicum baccatum}]