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    PIMIENTO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cookedplay

    Synonyms:

    pimento; pimiento

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("pimiento" is a kind of...):

    sweet pepper (large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads)

    Holonyms ("pimiento" is a substance of...):

    paprika (a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppersplay

    Synonyms:

    bell pepper; Capsicum annuum grossum; paprika; pimento; pimiento; sweet pepper; sweet pepper plant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("pimiento" is a kind of...):

    capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)

    Meronyms (parts of "pimiento"):

    sweet pepper (large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads)

    Meronyms (substance of "pimiento"):

    paprika (a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos)

    Holonyms ("pimiento" is a member of...):

    Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)

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