Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pimento"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.] (Bot.)
Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See
{Allspice}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pimento
n 1: plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped
fruits; the principal salad peppers [syn: {sweet pepper},
{bell pepper}, {pimiento}, {paprika}, {sweet pepper
plant}, {Capsicum annuum grossum}]
2: fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked [syn: {pimiento}]
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