pimento

from 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}]

from 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]

from 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]

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Pimento, IN
  Zip code(s): 47866

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