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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PIMEN'TO, n. Jamaica pepper, popularly called allspice. The tree producing this spice is of the genus Myrtus, and grows spontaneously in Jamaica in great abundance.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers [syn: sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum]
2: fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked [syn: pimento, pimiento]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -tos or -to) Etymology: Spanish pimienta allspice, pepper, from Late Latin pigmenta, plural of pigmentum plant juice, from Latin, pigment Date: 1660 1. allspice 2. pimiento 1

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os) 1 a small tropical tree, Pimenta dioica, native to Jamaica. 2 the unripe dried berries of this, usu. crushed for culinary use. Also called ALLSPICE. 3 = PIMIENTO. Etymology: Sp. pimiento (as PIMIENTO)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pimento Pi*men"to, n. [Sp. pimiento, pimienta; cf. Pg. pimenta, F. piment; all fr. L. pigmentum a paint, pigment, the juice of plants; hence, something spicy and aromatic. See Pigment.] (Bot.) Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pimentos) A pimento is a small red pepper. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Allspice, Jamaica pepper.