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Definition of Sweet pepper

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

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

Definition of Sweet pepper

1. Noun. The fruit of a non-spicy variety of pepper (genus ''Capsicum''), also called bell pepper. Available in green, red, yellow and orange skinned varieties (the green is generally the unripe variety and the colored versions the sweeter, ripe fruit). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Sweet pepper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1891)
"An acacia-like foliage and great compactness and vigor give it special value for combination in shrub groups, but sweet pepper-BUSH. ..."

2. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"An acacia-like foliage and great compactness and vigor give it special value for combination in shrub groups, but sweet pepper-BUSH. its yello\\' or ..."

3. Characterizing and Understanding Rainfed Environments by T. P. Tuong (2000)
"Numbers in parentheses are standard deviations. voted to sweet pepper ... The average fertilizer rate applied to sweet pepper was 305-85-78 kg NPK ha~' ..."

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