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pimiento
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pimiento has 2 senses
- pimiento(n = noun.plant) bell pepper, capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant - plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers; Array has parts: sweet pepper
- pimiento(n = noun.food) pimento - fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked; Array is a kind of sweet pepper
is a member of capsicum, genus capsicum
is a kind of capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper
CIDE DICTIONARY
pimiento, 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.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pimiento, n. (pl. -os) = sweet pepper (see PEPPER).
Etymology
Sp. f. L pigmentum PIGMENT, in med.L = spice
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