GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   Pimento , 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.
   1913 Webster
   same as pimiento.
   PJC
         
       

2.       
   Pimiento , n. [Sp.] The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as a vegetable, to stuff olives, etc.; also the fruit itself.  Also called pimento.
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   +PJC