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Noun: Capsicum frutescens baccatum
  1. 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 pepper, Capsicum baccatum

Type of: capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper

Part of: Capsicum, genus Capsicum