pimiento

Meanings

Noun

plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant

Scrabble Score: 12

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

Words With Friends Score: 15

pimiento is a valid Words With Friends word