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SWEET PEPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet pepper mean? 

SWEET PEPPER (noun)
  The noun SWEET PEPPER has 2 senses:

1. plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppersplay

2. large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in saladsplay

  Familiarity information: SWEET PEPPER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SWEET PEPPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bell pepper; Capsicum annuum grossum; paprika; pimento; pimiento; sweet pepper; sweet pepper plant

Hypernyms ("sweet pepper" is a kind of...):

capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)

Meronyms (parts of "sweet pepper"):

sweet pepper (large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads)

Meronyms (substance of "sweet pepper"):

paprika (a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos)

Holonyms ("sweet pepper" is a member of...):

Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sweet pepper" is a kind of...):

pepper (sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweet pepper"):

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

green pepper (a sweet pepper that becomes red when ripe)

globe pepper (round sweet pepper)

pimento; pimiento (fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked)

Holonyms ("sweet pepper" is a part of...):

bell pepper; Capsicum annuum grossum; paprika; pimento; pimiento; sweet pepper; sweet pepper plant (plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers)


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