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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers;
[syn: sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum]

2. fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked;
[syn: pimento, pimiento]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pimento n 1: plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers [syn: sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum] 2: fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked [syn: pimento, pimiento]