pimiento

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pimiento - 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]

pimiento - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pimiento
      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]