green pepper


noun
  1. the mild-flavored, unripe fruit of the bell or sweet pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, used as a green vegetable.

Origin of green pepper

1
First recorded in 1690–1700

Words Nearby green pepper

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How to use green pepper in a sentence

  • Serve the sweetbread salad either in cucumbers hollowed out or in red or green pepper shells, resting on a wreath of watercress.

    Suppers | Paul Pierce

British Dictionary definitions for green pepper

green pepper

noun
  1. the green unripe fruit of the sweet pepper, eaten raw or cooked

  2. the unripe fruit of various other pepper plants, eaten as a green vegetable

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