Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A garden pepper (Capsicum annuum) having a mild, ripe, red fruit.
- n. The fruit of this plant, used in cookery, salad, and as stuffing for green olives.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as a vegetable, to stuff olives, etc.; also the fruit itself. Also called
pimento .
WordNet 3.0
- n. plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
- n. fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
Etymologies
- From Spanish pimentón (Wiktionary)
- Spanish; see pimento. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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.”
“PIerna de Cerdo Adobado, sweet potatoes, ejotes con pimiento morrón, and it goes on from there.”
“I nibbled on a cracker with cucumber and pimiento and watched the band.”
“And yes, I know the correct spelling is pimiento, but not many places spell it that way.”
“NOTE: Alcaparrado is a bottled condiment that contains coarsely chopped or whole green olives, chopped pimiento, and capers.”
“A Coke sets you back a dollar and another buck fifty buys a sandwich, though be sure to stay away from the pimiento cheese, which is, euphemistically speaking, an acquired taste.”
“Technically, pimento cheese should be called pimiento cheese, since it's made with pimiento peppers.”
“I might not normally make pimiento cheese, but it seems like a great way to celebrate the joy that was Molly.”
“And if you're not familiar with the dish, it's a spread made up of shredded cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, pimiento peppers and spices.”
“Oh, that spelling difference confused the heck out of me when I first encountered "pimiento.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pimiento’.
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genus capsicum
you may want to get a glass of water
(this is not strictly a list of cultivars; preparations and other related terms may be included)capsaicin, sweet bell pepper, bell pepper, banana pepper, cubanelle, pimento, cherry pepper, tuscan pepper, pepperoncini, pasilla, sonora, paprika and 135 more...
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•Unexpected Pronunciation, Now! with ...
Inspired to publicity by the conversation at segway. Thanks, pals!
boatswain, clapboard, waistcoat, victuals, forecastle, solder, colonel, ensign, worcestershire sauce, creatinine, coelacanth, banal and 79 more...
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Foodie
As much fun to say as they are to eat.
blueberry, cider, almond, apricot, asparagus, banana, fudge, foldover, flapjacks, filbert, fig, biscuit and 217 more...
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A Peck of Peppers
pepper, cayenne, tabasco, red pepper, java pepper, bird pepper, jalapeno, habanero, black pepper, green pepper, bell pepper, betel pepper and 16 more...
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bilby "The principal salad peppers" is a ridiculously ethnocentric (gastrocentric?) definition. Oct 10, 2009