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bell pepper

1. A variety of sweet pepper widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

2. The plump, crisp, hollow fruit of this plant, typically green, yellow, or red.

sweet′ pep′per

1. a variety of pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, having a mild-flavored, bell-shaped or somewhat oblong fruit.

2. the fruit itself, used as a vegetable. Also called bell pepper.

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Noun	1.	bell pepper - plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper, 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.	bell pepper - large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties sweet pepper - large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads

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