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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

शिमला मिर्च

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shimlā mirch

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bell pepper/ˈbɛl ˌpɛp.ər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"मुझे नूडल्स में शिमला मिर्च बहुत पसंद है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A hollow fruit of a cultivated variety of the plant Capsicum annuum, typically green, red, yellow, or orange when ripe, eaten as a vegetable.

    "She sliced a red bell pepper into thin strips for the salad."
  2. 2

    The plant that bears bell peppers, native to Central and South America.

    "The community garden had a large section dedicated to growing bell peppers and tomatoes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'bell', referring to the bell-like shape of the fruit, and 'pepper', a misnomer originally applied by Christopher Columbus to various spicy plants due to their pungent similarity to black pepper. The compound became widely established in North American and international English during the 20th century to distinguish sweet, mild Capsicum cultivars from hot chili peppers.

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