bell pepper

bell pepper
n.
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: see CAPSICUM (sense 1)

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      any of various thick-fleshed, mild peppers of the genus Capsicum. See pepper.

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