PIMENTO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pimento mean? 

• PIMENTO (noun)
  The noun PIMENTO has 2 senses:

1. plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers

2. fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked

  Familiarity information: PIMENTO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIMENTO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bell pepper; Capsicum annuum grossum; paprika; pimento; pimiento; sweet pepper; sweet pepper plant

Hypernyms ("pimento" is a kind of...):

capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)

Meronyms (parts of "pimento"):

sweet pepper (large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads)

Meronyms (substance of "pimento"):

paprika (a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos)

Holonyms ("pimento" is a member of...):

Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

pimento; pimiento

Hypernyms ("pimento" is a kind of...):

sweet pepper (large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads)

Holonyms ("pimento" is a substance of...):

paprika (a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos)