pimiento

pi·mien·to  (p-mnt, -mynt) also pi·men·to (-mnt)

n. pl. pi·mien·tos also pi·men·tos

1. A garden pepper (Capsicum annuum) having a mild, ripe, red fruit.

2. The fruit of this plant, used in cookery, salad, and as stuffing for green olives.

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[Spanish; see pimento.]

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pimiento [pɪˈmjɛntəʊ -ˈmɛn-]

n pl -tos

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Spanish pepper, Capsicum annuum, with a red fruit used raw in salads, cooked as a vegetable, and as a stuffing for green olives Also called pimento

[variant of pimento]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pimiento - plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant sweet pepper - large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads paprika - a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos genus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
	2.	pimiento - fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked pimento sweet pepper - large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads paprika - a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos

Translations

pimiento

n → rote Paprikaschote