pimento Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
    pimiento; sweet pepper plant; sweet pepper; paprika; bell pepper; Capsicum annuum grossum.
  2. noun fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
    pimiento.

WordNet

Pi*men"to noun
Etymology
Sp. pimiento, pimienta; cf. Pg. pimenta, F. piment; all fr. L. pigmentum a paint, pigment, the juice of plants; hence, something spicy and aromatic. See Pigment.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.

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