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Pimiento

//pɪˈmjɛntəʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
  2. 2
    fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked wordnet
  3. 3
    plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers wordnet

Etymology

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

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