bell pepper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
    pimiento; sweet pepper plant; sweet pepper; paprika; pimento; Capsicum annuum grossum.
  2. noun large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties

WordNet


Bell" pep`per
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.

Webster 1913