PIMENTO TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pimento tree mean? 

• PIMENTO TREE (noun)
  The noun PIMENTO TREE has 1 sense:

1. aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries

  Familiarity information: PIMENTO TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIMENTO TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

allspice; allspice tree; Pimenta dioica; pimento tree

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

spice tree (tree bearing aromatic bark or berries)

Meronyms (parts of "pimento tree"):

allspice (ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves)

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

genus Pimenta; Pimenta (allspice tree)