'Pimento' definitions:
Definition of 'pimento'
(from WordNet)
noun
Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers [syn: sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum]
noun
Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked [syn: pimento, pimiento]
Definition of 'Pimento'
From: GCIDE
- Pimento \Pi*men"to\, n. [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.]
- 1. (Bot.) Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice. [1913 Webster]
- 2. same as pimiento. [PJC]
Definition of 'pimento'
From: GCIDE
- Pimiento \Pi*mien"to\, n. [Sp.] The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as a vegetable, to stuff olives, etc.; also the fruit itself. Also called pimento. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]