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Look up: pimento

  1. pimento
    [n] - fully ripened sweet red pepper
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Pimento
    Pi·men"to noun [ Spanish pimiento , pimienta ; confer Portuguese pimenta , French piment ; all from Latin pigmentum a paint, pigment, the juice of plants; hence, something spicy and aromatic. See Pigment .] (Botany) Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/89

  3. pimento
    <botany> Allspice; applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice. ... Origin: 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. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?p

  4. pimento
    pimiento noun fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Pimento
    The `Pimento`, `Pimiento`, or `Cherry Pepper ` is a variety of large, red, heart-shaped chili pepper (`Capsicum annuum`) that measures 3 to 4 inches long and 2 to 3 inches wide (medium, elongate). The flesh of the sweet pimento is sweet, succulent and more aromatic than that of the red bell pepper. Some varieties of the pimento type are hot including the Floral Gem and Santa Fe Grande varieties. `Pimento` or `pimentão` are Portuguese words for `b...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimento

  6. Pimento
    The `Pimento`, `Pimiento`, or `Cherry Pepper ` is a variety of large, red, heart-shaped chili pepper (`Capsicum annuum`) that measures 3 to 4 inches long and 2 to 3 inches wide (medium, elongate). The flesh of the sweet pimento is sweet, succulent and more aromatic than that of the red bell pepper. Some varieties of the pimento type are hot including the Floral Gem and Santa Fe Grande varieties. `Pimento` or `pimentão` are Portuguese words for `b...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimento

  7. Pimento
    • (n.) Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. pimento
    pimento 1. Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked. 2. A plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers. 3. Etymology: from Spanish pimiento, "green" or "red pepper"; also pimientam, "black pepper"; from Late Latin pigmenta, plural of pigmentum, "vegetable juice"; from Latin pigmentum, "pigment"; from...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

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