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SWEET PEPPER PLANT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
Synonyms:
bell pepper; Capsicum annuum grossum; paprika; pimento; pimiento; sweet pepper; sweet pepper plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sweet pepper plant" 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 plant"):
sweet pepper (large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads)
Meronyms (substance of "sweet pepper plant"):
paprika (a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos)
Holonyms ("sweet pepper plant" is a member of...):
Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)