請問『西椒』(或稱『燈籠椒』)的英文名是什麼?

Bell pepper


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Bell pepper is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. Colors include red, yellow, green and orange. Bell peppers contain a recessive gene that eliminates the capsaicin in the fruit meaning that they have none of the "heat" that many other varieties of peppers have. Bell peppers are sometimes grouped with less pungent pepper varieties as "sweet peppers".
Nomenclature :
The term "bell pepper" is one of the many names for some fruits of the Capsicum annuum species of plants. The misleading name "pepper" (pimentón in Spanish, literally "big pepper") was given by Christopher Columbus upon bringing the plant back to Europe. Since at that time peppercorns were a highly prized condiment, Columbus hoped to capitalize on the lucrative market by the name change.[citation needed]
Today, the term "bell pepper" or "green pepper" is used in the United States for any of the large bell shaped capsicum fruits, regardless of their color. In British English, the fruit is simply referred to as a "pepper", whereas in many Commonwealth of Nations countries, such as India, Malaysia and Australia, they are called "capsicum". Across Europe the name "paprika" is used, which also has its roots in the word for pepper. But this can also refer to the powdered spice paprika. In Canada the vegetable may be called simply a "pepper" or may be referred to by color (e.g. "red pepper", "purple pepper"), although the term "bell pepper" is also understood in most regions.
In parts of the U.S. around southern Ohio and northern Kentucky the term "mangoes" (or "mangos") have been used, but as the unrelated tropical fruit has become more common place in those parts this usage is becoming less common.
In Russia it is commonly called болгарский перец (bolgarskiy perets), meaning Bulgarian pepper. In France, it is called poivron, with the same root as poivre (meaning black pepper).
Varietiesz :
The color can be green, red, yellow, orange and, more rarely, white, purple, blue, and brown, depending on when they are harvested. Green peppers are unripe bell peppers, while the others are all ripe, with the color variation based on cultivar selection. Because they are unripe, green peppers are less sweet and slightly more bitter than yellow, orange, or red peppers. The taste of ripe peppers can also vary with growing conditions and post-harvest storage treatment; the sweetest are fruit allowed to ripen fully on the plant in full sunshine, while fruit harvested green and after-ripened in storage are less sweet. Peppers are native to Central and South America. Pepper seeds were later carried to Spain in 1493 and from there spread to other European and Asian







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Green bell peppers






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A variety of colored bell peppers






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A red bell pepper cut in half






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A whole red bell pepper







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A whole purple pepper

西椒』(或稱『燈籠椒』)的英文名是 Bell Peppers

資料：

英文：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Peppers

中文：http://baike.baidu.com/view/168311.htm

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E6%A4%92

Bell Peppers （西椒）開白花，我種過
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