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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://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

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

  7. 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

  8. pimento
    pimento or allspice,common names for a tree (Pimenta dioica or P. officinalis) of the family Myrtaceae (myrtle family) cultivated in the West Indies for its dried unripe berries, used medicinally and as a spice (also called pimento or allspice). The spice supposedly combines the flavors of several o...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08390


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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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