sweet pepper
noun
a variety of pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, having a mild-flavored, bell-shaped or somewhat oblong fruit.
the fruit itself, used as a vegetable.
Also called
bell pepper.
Origin of sweet pepper
First recorded in 1830–40
Words nearby sweet pepper
sweet nothings,
sweet oil,
sweet on, be,
sweet orange,
sweet pea,
sweet pepper,
sweet pepperbush,
sweet potato,
sweet roll,
sweet scabious,
sweet shop
Example sentences from the Web for sweet pepper
My eye was keen for signs, and soon I saw he was heading for a sweet-pepper bush with a broken branch.
The Pearl Story Book |Various
British Dictionary definitions for sweet pepper
sweet pepper
noun
a pepper plant, Capsicum frutescens grossum, with large bell-shaped fruits that are eaten unripe (green pepper) or ripe (red pepper)
the fruit of this plant