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pimento.

A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɪˈmɛntəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/pɪˈmɛntoʊ/US
  1. A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.

  2. A tropical berry used to make allspice.

  3. The tree on which it grows.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Portuguese pimento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), similar to Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingo (“paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimiento.

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