sweet pepper

English

Capsicum annuum

Noun

sweet pepper (countable and uncountable, plural sweet peppers)

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

Synonyms

• (US) bell pepper
• (AU) capsicum

Hyponyms

• green peppers, yellow peppers and red peppers

Translations

fruit — see bell pepper

Further reading

• sweet pepper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Capsicum annuum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies