Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweet pepper

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables
sweet- pep-per
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fruit of a nonspicy cultivar of pepper, Capsicum annuum, marketed in green-, red-, yellow- and orange-skinned varieties.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

sweet peppers (plural)

Synonyms

capsicum bell pepper pimento pimiento paprika sweet pepper plant capsicum annuum grossum

Questions

What does sweet pepper mean?
The fruit of a nonspicy cultivar of pepper, Capsicum annuum, marketed in green-, red-, yellow- and orange-skinned varieties.

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