| 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 |
| tabasco pepper | (n) plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce, Syn. hot pepper, Capsicum frutescens, tabasco plant |