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pimento Definition


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pimento
noun
    1. A small tropical evergreen tree, cultivated mainly in Jamaica.
    2. Any of the dried unripe berries of this tree which are a source of allspice. Also called allspice.
    3. The pimiento.
Etymology: 17c: altered from Spanish pimiento; see pimiento.



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