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pimento


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.]  (Bot.) 
  Allspice;  --  applied  both  to  the  tree  and  its  fruit.  See 
  {Allspice}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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 




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