bird pepper

See chiltepin.

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bird pepper

1. (Plants) a tropical solanaceous plant, Capsicum frutescens, thought to be the ancestor of the sweet pepper and many hot peppers

2. (Plants) the narrow podlike hot-tasting fruit of this plant

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bird′ pep`per

a variety of pepper, Capsicum anuum glabriusculum, having small, elongated berries.

[1780–90]

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Noun

bird pepper - 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

Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum frutescens baccatum

genus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers

capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

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Effects of Capsicum baccatum and C. frutescens against Atta cephalotes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the symbiotic fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus

baccatum and C. frutescens separately were dried at room temperature and extracted with 90 % ethanol overnight (1L x 100 g), solvent was drained.

Efectos de Capsicum baccatum y C. frutescens sobre Atta cephalotes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) y el hongo simbionte Leucoagaricus gongylophorus

While the highest capsaicin content was taken from the Aci Cicek 52 (4.05 mg/g), the lowest capsaicin content was found in C. frutescens 24 and C.

Capsaicin contents of different capsicum (Red Peppers) populations and varieties

baccatum e C. frutescens e o segundo grupo contendo apenas acessos de C.

chinense e C. frutescens. Dentro do subgrupo formado por C.

RAPD markers and morphoagronomic traits in determining genetic diversity among chili peppers and sweet peppers/Marcadores RAPD e caracteres morfoagronomicos na determinacao da diversidade genetica entre acessos de pimentas e pimentoes

chinense and C. frutescens did not group independently, a result that has been previously reported in isoenzyme analyses of this genus.

Caracterizacion por isoenzimas de accesiones de Capsicum pertenecientes a la coleccion amazonica colombiana

Although the genus Capsicum is an important food and spice crop the world over, an accurate picture of the taxonomy of this New World genus is 'a work in progress.' As early as 1852, Dunal (1) recognized as many as 63 species of Capsicum, whereas in 1923 Bailey (2) recognized only one, C. frutescens. Hunziker (3) recognized about 25 species of which five were cultivated, and identified the center of diversity for the genus as lying between eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina.

Revisiting the waxy locus and the Capsicum annuum L. complex