sweet pepper

sweet pepper

n.

Any of numerous varieties of the Capsicum annuum pepper, such as the bell pepper and pimiento, having mild nonpungent fruits.

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sweet pepper

Noun

the large bell-shaped fruit of the pepper plant, which is eaten unripe ([green pepper]) or ripe ([red pepper]) as a vegetable

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sweet pepper - plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper plant sweet pepper - large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads paprika - a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos 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
	2.	sweet pepper - large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads pepper - sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum bell pepper - large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties green pepper - a sweet pepper that becomes red when ripe globe pepper - round sweet pepper pimento, pimiento - fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant - plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers