pimento

Meanings

Noun

plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
A tropical berry used to make allspice.
The tree on which it grows.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

allspice, bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, cherry pepper, paprika, pimiento, Spanish paprika, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant

Scrabble Score: 11

pimento is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pimento is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pimento is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

pimento is a valid Words With Friends word