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Definition of "bell pepper" []

  • A variety of sweet pepper widely cultivated for its edible fruit. (noun)
  • The large, crisp, bell-shaped red, yellow, or green fruit of this plant. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bell pepper" in a sentence
  • "She walked until she ran into Mariam, who shot her a cheerless glance and went back to slicing the stem off a bell pepper and trimming strips of fat from meat."