sweet pepper

sweet pepper

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

sweet pepper

n 1. (Plants) a pepper plant, Capsicum frutescens grossum, with large bell-shaped fruits that are eaten unripe (green pepper) or ripe (red pepper) 2. (Cookery) the fruit of this plant

sweet′ pep′per

n. 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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sweet pepper - plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppersbell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper plantsweet pepper - large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in saladspaprika - a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientosgenus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot pepperscapsicum, 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 saladspepper - sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicumbell pepper - large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varietiesgreen pepper - a sweet pepper that becomes red when ripeglobe pepper - round sweet pepperpimento, pimiento - fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cookedbell 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

Translations

pimento