Pimento

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Pimento, IN
    Zip code(s): 47866