'Bell pepper' definitions:

Definition of 'bell pepper'

From: WordNet
noun
Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers [syn: sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum]
noun
Large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties

Definition of 'Bell pepper'

From: GCIDE
  • Bell pepper \Bell" pep`per\ (Bot.) A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (Capsicum annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'bell pepper'

From: GCIDE
  • Pepper \Pep"per\ (p[e^]p"p[~e]r), n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. pe`peri, pi`peri, akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
  • 1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Common pepper, or black pepper, is made from the whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit; red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . These contain varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also Capsicum and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/. [1913 Webster + PJC]
  • Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of Capsicum. See Capsicum, and the Phrases, below. [1913 Webster]
  • African pepper, the Guinea pepper. See under Guinea.
  • Cayenne pepper. See under Cayenne.
  • Chinese pepper, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and Japan.
  • Guinea pepper. See under Guinea, and Capsicum.
  • Jamaica pepper. See Allspice.
  • Long pepper. (a) The spike of berries of Piper longum, an East Indian shrub. (b) The root of Piper methysticum (syn. {Macropiper methysticum}) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.
  • Malaguetta pepper, or Meleguetta pepper, the aromatic seeds of the Amomum Melegueta, an African plant of the Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc., under the name of grains of Paradise.
  • Red pepper. See Capsicum.
  • Sweet pepper bush (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; -- called also white alder.
  • Pepper box or Pepper caster, a small box or bottle, with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food, etc.
  • Pepper corn. See in the Vocabulary.
  • Pepper elder (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia.
  • Pepper moth (Zool.), a European moth (Biston betularia) having white wings covered with small black specks.
  • Pepper pot, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
  • Pepper root. (Bot.). See Coralwort.
  • pepper sauce, a condiment for the table, made of small red peppers steeped in vinegar.
  • Pepper tree (Bot.), an aromatic tree (Drimys axillaris) of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'bell pepper'

From: GCIDE
  • Capsicum \Cap"si*cum\ (k[a^]p"s[i^]*k[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. L. capsa box, chest.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or bird pepper, Capsicum fastigiatum or chili pepper, Capsicum frutescens or spur pepper (from which tabasco is obtained), Capsicum chinense, which includes the fiery-hot habanero pepper, and {Capsicum annuum} or Guinea pepper, which includes the bell pepper, the jalapeno pepper, the cayenne pepper, and other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used, both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in cookery. These contain varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also Cayenne pepper, pepper and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/. [1913 Webster + PJC]
  • 3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit; red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . [1913 Webster + PJC]