Pimento
41pimento — n. (pl. os) 1 a small tropical tree, Pimenta dioica, native to Jamaica. 2 the unripe dried berries of this, usu. crushed for culinary use. Also called ALLSPICE. 3 = PIMIENTO. Etymology: Sp. pimiento (as PIMIENTO) …
42pimento cheese — noun Date: 1916 a Neufchâtel, process, cream, or occasionally cheddar cheese to which ground pimientos have been added …
43pimento cheese — a processed cheese made from Neufchâtel, cream cheese, Cheddar, or other cheese, flavored with chopped pimientos. Also, pimiento cheese. [1915 20] * * * …
44pimento tree — noun aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries • Syn: ↑allspice, ↑allspice tree, ↑Pimenta dioica • Hypernyms: ↑spice tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Pimenta, ↑genus Pimenta …
45pimento grass — noun Etymology: so called from its often being found under allspice trees : saint augustine grass …
46pimento oil — noun or pimenta oil : a colorless to yellow or reddish pungent essential oil obtained from allspice and used chiefly in flavoring called also allspice oil …
47pimenta, pimento — The dried fruit of P. officinalis (family Myrtaceae), a tree native in Jamaica and other parts of tropical America, used as a carminative and aromatic spice; p. oil comprises 3 to 4% of the dried fruit. [Sp. fr. L. pigmentum, paint (Mediev. L.… …
48pimiento — pimento UK [pɪˈmentəʊ] / US [pɪˈmentoʊ] or pimiento UK [ˌpɪmɪˈentəʊ] / UK [ˌpɪmˈjentəʊ] / US [ˌpɪmˈjentoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms pimento : singular pimento plural pimentos a small red vegetable that is a type of pepper …
49signal red — pimento (def. 3). * * * …
5047866 — Pimento, In (Miscellaneous » ZIP Codes) …
