The difference between Bell pepper and Sweet pepper

When used as nouns, bell pepper means capsicum annuum, an edible spicy-sweet fruit, originating in the new world, whereas sweet pepper means the fruit of a non-spicy cultivar of pepper, capsicum annuum, marketed in green-, red-, yellow- and orange-skinned varieties.


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  1. Bell pepper as a noun:

    Capsicum annuum, an edible spicy-sweet fruit, originating in the New World.

  1. Sweet pepper as a noun:

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

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