bell pepper

Definition of Bell Pepper in English :

plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers

2. bell pepper

large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bell Pepper

noun

cookery, mainly US

a red, green, or yellow pepper

1.

the large, sweet, bell-shaped, tropical American red pepper used as a vegetable

2.

the plant (Capsicum frutescens var. grossum) on which these grow

n.

1. A variety of sweet pepper widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

2. The plump, crisp, hollow fruit of this plant, typically green, yellow, or red.