pimento — meaning in English

English meaning

• pepper noun A spice made from the dried berries of the pepper plant, used to add heat and flavor to food.
• pimento noun A mild, sweet red pepper used in cooking and to stuff olives.

Senses

pimento is used for these senses in English:

• bell pepper (North America, Philippines) Any of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.
• pepper (UK, US, Ireland, and, Canada) A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in a wide range of mild (sweet, nonspicy) to hot (spicy) varieties.
• pimento A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.

pepper — full definition

1. noun A spice made from the dried berries of the pepper plant, used to add heat and flavor to food.
2. noun A hollow, seed-filled fruit of the capsicum plant, ranging from mild bell peppers to hot chili varieties.
3. verb To scatter or strike something repeatedly, as if with shot or small particles.

pimento — full definition

1. noun A mild, sweet red pepper used in cooking and to stuff olives.
2. noun A tropical berry used to make allspice.

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