Pimiento \Pi*mien"to\, n. [Sp.] The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as a vegetable, to stuff olives, etc.
pimiento
n 1: plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped
fruits; the principal salad peppers [syn: {sweet pepper},
{bell pepper}, {pimento}, {paprika}, {sweet pepper
plant}, {Capsicum annuum grossum}]
2: fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked [syn: {pimento}]