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Noun: sweet pepper  sweet pe-pu(r)
  1. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
    "The sweet peppers turned from green to red as they ripened"; "The sweet pepper plants turned from green to red as they ripened";
    - bell pepper [N. Amer], pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum
     
  2. Large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads
    "She diced sweet peppers for the colourful salad";
    - bell pepper [N. Amer]

Derived forms: sweet peppers

Type of: capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper

Part of: Capsicum, genus Capsicum

Encyclopedia: Sweet pepper