pimento

Meaning

1. A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
2. A tropical berry used to make allspice.
3. The tree on which it grows.

Synonyms

pimiento

sweet pepper

bell pepper

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pepper

sweet pepper plant

green pepper

paprika

allspice

Capsicum annuum grossum

capsicum

Capsicum annuum

Translations

yenibahar

poivron

pepe della Giamaica

pimento

pimento

Piment

αρωματικό πιπέρι

γλυκοπίπερο

paprika

piment

الفلفل الحلو

pimenta dioica

toute-épice

pimenta-da-jamaica

pimentón

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɪˈmɛntəʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pimento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), similar to Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingo (“paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimiento.