capsicum frutescens baccatum

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   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

   Synonymsbird pepperCapsicum baccatum

   Broadercapsicum

   Part ofgenus Capsicum

Questions about capsicum frutescens baccatum

What does capsicum frutescens baccatum mean?

capsicum frutescens baccatum means "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".

What is another word for capsicum frutescens baccatum?

Close synonyms include bird pepper, Capsicum baccatum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capsicum frutescens baccatum a common word?

capsicum frutescens baccatum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.