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."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
capsicum
capsicum pepper plant
pepper
sweet pepper
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
Spanish paprika
cherry pepper
variant
pimento