Pimiento

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pimiento
       n 1: plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped
            fruits; the principal salad peppers [syn: {sweet pepper},
             {bell pepper}, {pimento}, {paprika}, {sweet pepper
            plant}, {Capsicum annuum grossum}]
       2: fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked [syn: {pimento}]