Pimiento

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  • noun. A garden pepper (Capsicum annuum) having a mild, sweet, red fruit.
  • noun. The fruit of this plant, used in cooking, in salads, and as a stuffing for green olives.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as a vegetable, to stuff olives, etc.; also the fruit itself. Also called pimento.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A red sweet pepper used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
  • noun. fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
  • Word Usage
    "Among the other foods used as a garnish are certain vegetables that give a contrast in color, such as pimiento, green peppers, radishes, and olives."
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    pimento