Meaning

1 senses
  1. (UK, countable, uncountable)The fruit of a nonspicy cultivar of pepper, Capsicum annuum, marketed in green-, red-, yellow- and orange-skinned varieties.

More definitions
  • large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads
  • plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers

Forms

plural: sweet peppers
Singularsweet pepper
Pluralsweet peppers

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers:bell pepperpimentopimientopaprikasweet pepper plantCapsicum annuum grossum

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