sweet pepper plant
Noun: * A plant (Capsicum annuum Grossum group) cultivated for its edible, mild-flavored, thick-walled fruits. These fruits are typically bell-shaped and are a primary type of vegetable used in salads and cooking. The plant is distinct from varieties grown for hot, spicy peppers.
The term "sweet pepper plant" specifically refers to the living plant that produces sweet peppers. It is used to distinguish the plant itself from its fruit (the sweet pepper) and from other types of pepper plants, especially those that produce spicy chili peppers. * I bought a sweet pepper plant for my vegetable garden this spring. * The sweet pepper plant requires plenty of sunlight and well-drained soil. * Unlike a chili plant, a sweet pepper plant bears fruits that are not pungent.
- In botanical or agricultural contexts, the plant may be referred to more formally as a cultivar of .
- Several cultivars of the sweet pepper plant offer fruits in a rainbow of colors, including red, yellow, orange, and purple.
- Sweet pepper (noun): The edible fruit produced by the sweet pepper plant.
- I added a chopped red sweet pepper to the salad.
- Bell pepper (noun): A common synonym for the fruit of the sweet pepper plant, named for its characteristic shape.
- Green bell peppers are simply unripe sweet peppers.
- Capsicum (noun): The botanical genus name for plants in the pepper family, which includes both sweet and hot varieties.
- Chili plant / Chili pepper plant (noun): A related plant cultivated for its small, spicy fruits, contrasting with the mild sweet pepper plant.
- Bell pepper plant
- Capsicum plant (in a general, non-technical context)
- Sweet pepper: Almost exclusively refers to the fruit/vegetable itself, not the plant.
- Correct: The sweet pepper is rich in Vitamin C.
- Less Common: The sweet pepper is growing well. (This could be ambiguous, referring to the fruit still on the plant).
- Pepper plant: A more general term that can refer to any plant in the genus , including both sweet and hot varieties. "Sweet pepper plant" is therefore a more precise term.
-
plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
Khám phá thêm
Các từ liên quan
Từ đồng nghĩa
