bell pepper

1. 1.

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

   Synonymssweet pepperpimentopimientopaprikasweet pepper plantCapsicum annuum grossum

   Broadercapsicum

   Part ofgenus Capsicum

   Partssweet pepper
2. 2.

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

   Broadersweet pepper

Questions about bell pepper

What does bell pepper mean?

bell pepper means "plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bell pepper?

Close synonyms include sweet pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bell pepper a common word?

bell pepper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.