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Pimiento

Pimiento \Pi*mien"to\, 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.

Wiktionary
pimiento

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

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

  2. fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked [syn: pimento]

Wikipedia
Pimiento

A pimiento , pimento, or '''cherry pepper ' is a variety of large, red, heart-shaped chili pepper ( Capsicum annuum'') that measures 3 to 4 in (7 to 10 cm) long and 2 to 3 in (5 to 7 cm) wide (medium, elongate).

The flesh of the pimiento is sweet, succulent, and more aromatic than that of the red bell pepper. Some varieties of the pimiento type are hot, including the 'Floral Gem' and 'Santa Fe Grande' varieties. is an originally Spanish term that was added to English (a loanword). The fruits are typically used fresh or pickled. The pimiento has one of the lowest Scoville scale ratings of any chili pepper.

or are Portuguese words for "bell pepper". In Portugal and Portuguese-speaking Africa and Asia, refers to peppercorns and chili peppers are known as " piri piri" or , while in Brazil, alone conveys chili ( malagueta being a particularly hot, small variety) – (i.e. [Portuguese] Kingdom's pepper) is used to refer to peppercorns.

Usage examples of "pimiento".

She warmed string beans and made a cucumber sandwich instead of pimiento cheese.

He made a pimiento cheese sandwich, then hand-fed it to her, pinching off small pieces one at a time and placing them in her mouth.

That salad looked tempting as I sliced the rosy pimiento on top and piled it in the blue and white bowl.

Lately I saw a highly colored composition of green peas, grated carrots, tomato jelly, shrimp, maidenhair fern and pimiento which I regarded as little, if at all, inferior to the Mona Lisa.

She used to make this wonderful macaroni salad, you know, with cheese and pimientos and dill pickles and eggs and onions.

Anchovies and pimientos lay across slices of hard-boiled egg on fresh-made mayonnaise, caviar and lemon peel complemented pate de foie gras, cucumber and alfalfa sprouts revitalized cheddar cheese in the dignity of its age .

He had put away a big soup plate of asopao de polio, chicken fixed with salt pork and ham, with peas, onions, peppers, pimientos in a spicy tomato sauce and served over rice.

On the Internet people wouldn't know that she went for days eating only pimiento cream cheese with English water biscuits, or that she obsessively fondled her crow's feet.