piemento
piemento is the archaic spelling of pimento.
Meaning of pimento
Noun
pimento (plural pimentos or pimentoes)
- A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
- In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14
- Synonyms:
- cherry pepper, pimiento, Spanish paprika
- A tropical berry used to make allspice.
- Synonyms:
- allspice
- The tree on which it grows.
Questions about piemento
- What is piemento the archaic spelling of?
- Piemento is the archaic spelling of pimento.
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