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pimenta

pimenta noun: pimento.

Noun

pimenta (plural pimentas)

  1. pimento
    • The pimenta trees grow spontaneously, and in great abundance, in many parts of Jamaica, but more particularly on hilly situations near the sea, on the northern side of that island[…]1814, John Lunan, Hortus jamaicensis, page 67

Proper noun capitalized: Pimenta

Pimenta (plural Pimentas)

  1. A surname from Portuguese.

Forms of pimenta

Noun
pluralpimentas
Proper noun
pluralPimentas

Origin of pimenta

Borrowed from Portuguese Pimenta.

Questions about pimenta

What does pimenta mean?
Pimenta means pimento.
What part of speech is pimenta?
Pimenta can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of pimenta?
The plural of pimenta is pimentas.

Words near pimenta in the dictionary

  1. pimelodid
  2. pimelodids
  3. pimelosis
  4. pimeloyl
  5. piment
  6. pimenta
  7. Pimental
  8. Pimentals
  9. pimentas
  10. Pimentel
  11. Pimentels

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