1. Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
   "The olives were stuffed with pimentos";
   - pimiento
    
2. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
   "The pimentos turned from green to red as they ripened";
   - sweet pepper, bell pepper [N. Amer], pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum

Derived forms: pimentos

Type of: bell pepper [N. Amer], capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper, sweet pepper

Part of: Capsicum, genus Capsicum, paprika

Encyclopedia: Pimento, Indiana