pimento

4 definitions found

pimento - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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]

pimento - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pimento
      n 1: 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]
      2: fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked [syn:
         pimento, pimiento]

pimento - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Pimento, IN
    Zip code(s): 47866