bell pepper

bell pepper

n.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

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

Translations

pimiento