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A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.

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  1. A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.
  2. 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
  3. A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers. beak">BIRD'S-BEAK Bird's"-beak`, n. (Arch.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
  4. A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small,conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all redpeppers.