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Definition of Pimiento
1. Noun. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers.
Terms within: Sweet Pepper
Terms within: Paprika
Group relationships: Capsicum, Genus Capsicum
Generic synonyms: Capsicum, Capsicum Pepper Plant, Pepper
2. Noun. Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked.
Definition of Pimiento
1. n. The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as a vegetable, to stuff olives, etc.
Definition of Pimiento
1. Noun. A red sweet pepper used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pimiento
1. a sweet pepper [n -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pimiento
Literary usage of Pimiento
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"... Choleric Fathers are Don pimiento and Don Salvador—they bear one another a
grudge, but at the request of their children they consent to their union—when ..."
2. A New Book of Cookery by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1915)
"pimiento Cheese Wafers Mash a pimiento cream cheese, moisten with cream and force
... If a pimiento cream cheese is not obtainable add one tablespoon finely ..."
3. Home Bakings by Edna Evans, Golden Gate Compressed Yeast Co (1912)
"Fill Lemon Jelly Salad pimiento Salad with any desired salad, after scooping out
most of the pulp of the tomato. Garnish with sprigs of parsley or ..."
4. Life in Mexico During a Residence of Two Years in that Country (1843)
"The principal produce of this hacienda is pimiento, the capsicum. There is the
pimiento duke and the pimiento picante, the sweet fruit of the common ..."
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