PIMENTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pimenta mean? 

• PIMENTA (noun)
  The noun PIMENTA has 1 sense:

1. allspice tree

  Familiarity information: PIMENTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIMENTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Allspice tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pimenta; Pimenta

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Pimenta"):

bay-rum tree; bayberry; Jamaica bayberry; Pimenta acris; wild cinnamon (West Indian tree; source of bay rum)

allspice; allspice tree; Pimenta dioica; pimento tree (aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries)

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

family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family (trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil)

 Context examples 

Pimenta leaf oil is used to treat tooth and gum pain.

(Pimenta Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The essential oil extracted from the leaves of Pimenta dioica.

(Pimenta Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)