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Pimento

noun

Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers. Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant.

Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked. Synonym: pimiento.

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"Pimento" Quotes from Famous Books

... this road from one ocean to another. The only viands on which travelers can regale themselves are dried meat, rice seasoned with pimento, and such game as may be shot en route. The torrents provide them with water in the mountains, and the rivulets in the plains, which they improve by the addition of a few drops of rum, and each man carries a supply of this in a bullock's horn, called CHIFFLE. They ...

— In Search of the Castaways • Jules Verne

... and truss a capon as for roasting, rub all over with butter and place in a casserole with a good sized slice of salt pork. Cook over a slow fire for three hours. In the meantime cook a cupful of rice, season it with a little curry powder and pimento, and place around the capon on the platter on which ...

— Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them • Cora Moore

Words linked to "Pimento" : capsicum pepper plant, capsicum, pepper, genus Capsicum, Capsicum annuum grossum