green pepper

noun

: a sweet pepper before it turns red at maturity

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Fans can rejoice in knowing that items like the Alley Special, with pepperoni, meatballs, sausage, green peppers, black olives, onions, mushrooms, and extra cheese, will return to the menu unscathed. Colin Wrenn, Denver Post, 13 May 2025 The wine expresses lime, basil, and green pepper aromas. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 When cool and beginning to set, blend in mayonnaise, pimento, onion, green pepper, celery and cottage cheese. Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025 Cubes of jerk chicken with thick slivers of red onion and green pepper adorned the triangular slice, with a spice that felt warm the way jerk chicken should without being overpowering, the way jerk chicken can be. Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for green pepper

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of green pepper was in 1814

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“Green pepper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20pepper. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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green pepper

noun
: a sweet pepper before it turns red at maturity
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