red pepper

red pepper (plural red peppers)

1. A red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but not as sweet.
2. (US) Spicy pepper.

   Crushed red pepper flakes add zest to pizza.

 

• red pepper for a ripe sweet pepper is normal usage in Britain, either use can occur in the United States.