pimenton.adj.

Brit.

/pᵻˈmɛntəʊ/, U.S.

/pəˈmɛn(t)oʊ/

Inflections: Plural pimentos, pimentoes.

Forms: 1600s piemente, 1600s pimentone, 1600s–1700s piemento, 1600s– pimento, 1700s pemento, 1700s piementa, 1900s– pimenta (irregular).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Portuguese pimenta; Spanish pimiento.

Etymology: Partly < Portuguese pimenta allspice (more fully pimenta da Jamaica ), sweet pepper, pepper (1118 as pigmenta ; < post-classical Latin pigmentum : see pigment n.), and partly < Spanish pimiento sweet pepper, chilli pepper, the plant on which sweet peppers grow, the plant on which peppercorns grow, formerly also ground pepper, peppercorns (1495; earlier pimienta (13th cent.), now usually in sense ground pepper, peppercorns; also as pimenta in this sense (late 15th cent.)) < post-classical Latin pigmentum (see pigment n.). Compare pimiento n.

A. n.

a. Allspice; the dried aromatic berries of the pimento tree (see sense A. 1b), or a preparation made from them. Now chiefly Caribbean.

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the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > allspice

allspice1621

pimentoc1660

Jamaica pepper1661

pimiento1662

pimento berry1788

c1660 State of Jamaica f. 611 Piemente growes plentifully in Mountaines and is a Spice of the forme of East India pepper of very curious gust haveing in it the mixt tast of diuers spices.

1690 Hist. Acct. W. Indies in Harl. Misc. (Park) II. 371 Piemento is another natural production of..Jamaica; from whence many call it Jamaica pepper.

1707 Boston News-let. 20 Jan. 2/2 To be Sold on reasonable terms for ready Money..Jamaica & Leeward-Island fine Sugar, Pemento or all Spice.

1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) VI. 332 These berries..turn brown and acquire a spicy smell, which in England hath given the name of all spice to this pimento.

1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 364 Pimento combines the flavour and properties of many of the oriental spices.

1889 G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants i. 66 Allspice, or Pimento, is the dry berry of Pimenta officinalis Lindl..a West Indian evergreen-tree.

1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom xiv. 153 I can't tell you how I did love him... He was sharp like pimenta an' sweeter than sugar.

1969 S. G. Harrison et al. Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 132/2 Allspice (Pimenta dioica) is a small tropical tree whose unripe dried berries provide the spice called allspice... It is also known as ‘pimenta’ and ‘pimento’.

2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 63 Its flavor is strong and distinctive, so you don't need much allspice to get the pimento point across.

b. More fully pimento tree. The allspice tree, Pimenta dioica (family Myrtaceae), an aromatic tree native to the Caribbean, southern Mexico, and Central America that has large leathery leaves and brown berries.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding condiments or used in food preparation > [noun] > pimento tree

pimento1679

1679 T. Trapham Disc. Health Jamaica 38 The Bay Tree or Spice Pimento perfume the woods with profitable sweets.

1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 126 He built two Hutts with Piemento Trees.

1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 76 Piementa, Jamaica Pepper, or All-Spice-Tree.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 104 Pimento, a small tree, yielding a strong aromatic spice.

1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 216 The Pimento-tree grows to the height of 30 or 40 feet, with a very straight trunk.

1835 B. M. Senior Jamaica 55 In three or four years after the ruinate is cleared up, the pimento begins to bear.

1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds II. 43 The dried seeds of pimento.

1949 J. E. C. McFarlane Treasury Jamaican Poetry i. 23 Dark-robed Pimentos gloom.

1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 141/1 Allspice. The berry of the Jamaica pepper or pimento.

1991 Sun (Brisbane) 28 Feb. (Update) 34/5 He cut down several pimento trees and began to build a hut.

c. More fully pimento wood. The wood of the pimento or allspice tree.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of West Indies and Central America

guaiacum1533

guaiac1558

lignum vitae1594

sweetwood1607

green ebony1665

princewoodc1665

alligator wood1696

pimento wood1712

greenheart1719

mahoea1726

galimeta-wood1756

determa1769

bullet-wood1843

cocobolo1849

lancewood1858

silver-balli1858

yari-yari1858

Honduras rosewood1860

sabicu1866

amarant1909

1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 126 The Piemento Wood..serv'd him both for Firing and Candle, and refresh'd him with its fragrant Smell.

1892 Joseph Gardner & Sons' Monthly Circular 1 Oct. Pimento, £5 per ton.

1938 Z. N. Hurston Tell my Horse iv. 69 This was one of the far-famed ‘Ebolite’ sticks. They are made from pimento wood, which becomes ‘prementa’ on the lips of the peasant.

2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 136 Purists will tell you that the only way to do real jerk is to cook the pork on slats of still-green pimento wood over a pimento-wood fire.

†2. A chilli (cayenne) pepper, Capsicum annuum (Longum group). Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > pepper not from Piper nigrum > types of

long peppereOE

garden ginger1526

Guinea pepper1597

Ethiopian pepper1598

chilli1662

pimiento1671

pimento1673

piment1705

capsicum1725

cayenne1756

African pepper1788

paprika1839

Negro pepper1849

Japan pepper1866

shot-pepper1890

chilli powder1898

chile ancho1906

chile mulato1907

Aleppo pepper1920

pasilla1935

mirch1951

pepperoncino1951

shishito1975

chili pepper-

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 494 They [sc. Spaniards] delight much in Pimentone, i.e. Guiny pepper.

1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 241 They perswade me to eat some of a Fruit they call Pimento, which is as long as ones Finger, but as hot as Pepper.

1793 G. Riley Beauties Creation (ed. 2) V. 51 Guinea Pepper, which the Americans call Mexico Pepper, Pimento, or American Pepper, is a red Pepper.

3. A sweet (esp. red) pepper, Capsicum annuum (Grossum group); = pimiento n. 3.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > capsicum > types of

case pepper1631

bayberry1756

pimiento1845

paprika1851

pimento1885

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > capsicum > types of

green pepper1565

case pepper1631

bird pepper1696

bell-pepper1707

goat peppera1726

bayberry1756

bird's eye pepper1829

bird's eye1842

pimiento1845

bird's eye chilli1851

paprika1851

pimento1885

datil1900

chile ancho1906

chile mulato1907

pasilla1929

jalapeño pepper1949

poblano1950

Serrano1952

chile poblano1972

1885 Amer. Naturalist 19 545 Molina says many species of Capsicum called by the Indians ‘thapi’ are cultivated in Chili, among others..the berry pimento and the pimento with a subligneous stalk.

1911 Grocer's Encycl. 480 Pimiento, or Pimento, a large-fruited capsicum..extensively used for stuffing olives, etc.

1918 A. Quiller-Couch Foe-Farrell 94 What do you say now..to a pig's trotter farced with pimento.

1950 E. David Bk. Mediterranean Food 132 Mixed red, green, and yellow pimentos, cooked a few minutes in boiling water, then peeled and sautéd in butter.

1988 M. Warner Lost Father v. 42 There were bottled pimentos.

B. adj.

Of the orange-red colour of pimento.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > orange-red

redeOE

fire-reda1382

flame-red1382

flammid1610

flammeous1656

orange-red1796

iron-red1798

pimento1921

pimiento1963

flame1970

1921 Mexia (Texas) Evening News 16 Apr. 4/5 The bride wore honeydew tulle, with pimento trimmings.

1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 112 Pimento velvet hat by Christian Dior.

1994 Denver Post 18 Sept. (Mag.) 11/2 The kitchen..had flamboyant orange and red flocked wallpaper and pimento cabinets.

Compounds

pimento berry n. a dried berry of the allspice or pimento tree; cf. sense A. 1a.

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the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > allspice

allspice1621

pimentoc1660

Jamaica pepper1661

pimiento1662

pimento berry1788

1788 D. Monro Treat. Med. & Pharmaceut. Chym. III. 372 Take of pimento berries (Jamaica pepper), half a pound.

1893 C. Sullivan Jamaica Cookery Bk. 104 Put four quarts of ripe pimento berries into a jar, and boil till the berries burst.

1907 Daily Consular & Trade Rep. (U.S. State Dept.) 5 Oct. 11 Ripe pimento berries are used to make pimento dram, a native drink.

2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 230/2 Allspice, also known as pimento berries or pimento seed.

pimento cheese n. originally U.S. soft cheese flavoured with chopped sweet peppers.

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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > varieties of cheese

goat cheeseOE

green cheesec1390

rowen cheesea1425

bred-cheesec1440

hard cheesec1470

ruen cheese1510

parmesan1538

spermyse1542

angelot1573

cow-cheese1583

goat's cheese1588

Cheshire Cheese1597

eddish-cheese1615

nettle cheese1615

aftermath cheese1631

marsolini1636

Suffolk cheese1636

Cheddar cheesea1661

rowen1673

parmigianoa1684

raw-milk cheesea1687

fleet cheese1688

sage-cheese1714

Rhode Island cheese1733

Stilton cheese1736

Roquefort cheese1762

American cheese1763

fodder cheese1784

Old Peg1785

blue cheese1787

Dunlop cheese1793

Wiltshire1794

Gloucester1802

Gruyère1802

Neufchâtel1814

Limburger cheese1817

Dunlop1818

fog cheese1822

Swiss cheese1822

Suffolk thumpa1825

Stilton1826

skim dick1827

stracchino cheese1832

Blue Vinney1836

Edam1836

Schabzieger1837

sapsago1846

Munster1858

mysost1861

napkin cheese1865

provolone1865

Roquefort1867

Suffolk bang1867

Leicester1874

Brie1876

Camembert1878

Gorgonzola1878

Leicester cheese1880

Port Salut1881

Wensleydale1881

Gouda1885

primost1889

Cantal1890

Suisse1891

bondon1894

Petit Suisse1895

Gervais1896

Lancashire1896

Pont l'Évêque1896

reggiano1896

Romano1897

fontina1898

Caerphilly cheese1901

Derby cheese1902

Emmental1902

Liptauer1902

farmer cheese1904

robiola1907

gjetost1908

reblochon1908

scamorza1908

Cabrales1910

Jack1910

pimento cheese1910

mozzarella1911

pimiento cheese1911

Monterey cheese1912

processed cheese1918

Tillamook1918

tvorog1918

anari1919

process cheese1923

Bel Paese1926

pecorino1931

Oka1936

Parmigiano–Reggiano1936

vacherin1936

Monterey Jack1940

Red Leicester1940

demi-sel1946

tomme1946

Danish blue1948

Tilsit1950

St.-Maure1951

Samsoe1953

Havarti1954

paneer1954

taleggio1954

feta1956

St. Paulin1956

bleu cheese1957

Manchego1957

Ilchester1963

Dolcelatte1964

chèvre1965

Chaource1966

Windsor Red1969

halloumi1970

Montrachet1973

Chaumes1976

Lymeswold1981

cambozola1984

yarg1984

1910 Mansfield (Ohio) News 14 Oct. 12/3 (advt.) Pimento Cheese (something new) 15c Jar.

1987 E. Ronay Bird's Eye Guide Healthy Eating Out 65 Try eggplant ‘Parmesan’ (made with tofu and sunflower pimento cheese).

pimento dram n. a Jamaican liqueur made with pimento berries.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > liqueur > [noun] > kinds of

rosa solis1564

rose wine1603

rose of solace1604

ros solis1607

ratafia1670

brandy-cherrya1687

cherry-brandy1686

kernel-water1706

cherry cordial1710

visney1733

walnut-water1747

aniseed1749

maraschino1770

noyau1787

rosolio1796

cherry-bounce1798

absinthe1803

Parfait Amour1805

curaçao1813

ginger cordial1813

citronelle1818

pine1818

crèmea1821

alkermes1825

Goldwasser1826

citronella1834

anisette1837

goldwater1849

crème de cassis1851

Van der Hum1861

chocolate liqueur1864

kümmel1864

chartreuse1866

pimento dram1867

Trappistine1877

green muse1878

rock and rye1878

Benedictine1882

liqueur brandy1882

mandarin1882

green1889

Drambuie1893

advocaat1895

Grand Marnier1900

green fairy1902

green peril1905

cassis1907

Strega1910

quetsch1916

cointreau1920

anis1926

Izarra1926

Southern Comfort1934

amaro1945

Tia Maria1948

amaretto1969

Sabra1970

sambuca1971

Midori1978

limoncello1993

1867 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 May 2/3 (advt.) Cases 1 dozen Ginger Wine..Ditto Pimento Dram.

1958 D. P. Storer Familiar Trees & Cultivated Plants of Jamaica 70 ‘Pimento-dram’ is a delicious Jamaican liqueur made, essentially, by soaking the ripe berries in rum.

1989 O. Senior Lily, Lily in Arrival of Snake Woman 113 Little money making projects on the side in..pickles and pimento dram, tatting, strawwork and embroidery.

† pimento-myrtle n. Obsolete rare = sense A. 1b.

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1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxiv. 371 The pimento-myrtle is produced in the woods.

pimento olive n. (also pimento-stuffed olive) a pitted olive stuffed with a piece of sweet red pepper.

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1905 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 26 May 8/3 Cucumber salad with pimento olives was the third course.

1906 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 3 Nov. 3/4 (advt.) Libby's Pimento Stuffed Olives 7½d.

2004 Toronto Star (Nexis) 11 Jan. d14 He put a bowl of pimento olives on the coffee table.

pimento red n. and adj. (a) n. an orange-red colour; (b) adj. of an orange-red colour; cf. sense B.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > orange red

orange-red1601

nacarat1684

flame1711

iron-reda1728

morning-red1805

orange-scarlet1824

orange-crimson1859

rouge de fer1872

flame-red1906

pimento red1921

persimmon1930

paprika1934

1921 Woodland (California) Daily Democrat 23 Feb. 2/3 There are 66 ‘standard’ colors for silks... Most of them are gay and festive, such as pimento red.

1975 Vogue Dec. 107 Pimento red Hurel jersey.

1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. 85/1 The story from Milan for spring 1982 is told in shades of pimento red.

2004 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 30 Mar. 10 A grass skirt under a sweeping pimento-red crinoline.

pimento walk n. a plantation or avenue of pimento trees.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding condiments or used in food preparation > [noun] > pimento tree > plantation

pimento walk1756

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 248 The leaves and bark are very warm..which makes them extremely cautious of fire, in all Pimento-walks.

1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 216 A Pimento walk, when in full blossom, is a very delightful object.

1967 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 21 July 3/2 One can be sure of one's pimento walk being full of bearing trees.

† pimento water n. Obsolete a mixture of water and an extract of pimento.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cordial > [noun] > kinds of

water of milk1542

wormwood wine1565

milk water1602

wormwood water1612

mint water1639

persico1709

saffron cordial1728

peppermint water1756

pimento water1760

mint tea1764

peppermintc1770

rum shrub1788

ginger brandy1838

peppermint cordial1847

cloves1853

currant-shrub1856

shrub1861

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > cordial > made from plants

saffron1685

orange flower1712

saffron cordial1728

pimento water1760

1760 T. Jefferys Nat. & Civil Hist. French Dominions N. & S. Amer. II. vi. 184 They perform the ceremony of drawing blood..and then bath the punctures with a strong pickle of Indian pepper, or pimento water.

1826 Lancet 14 Oct. 64/1 The patient was..directed to take..Pimento water.

1869 A. S. Wright Wright's Bk. 3000 Pract. Receipts 218 Pimento water. Pimento, 56 pounds; water, 108 gallons. Draw off 100 gallons.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pimento
释义	pimenton.adj. Brit. /pᵻˈmɛntəʊ/, U.S. /pəˈmɛn(t)oʊ/ Inflections: Plural pimentos, pimentoes. Forms: 1600s piemente, 1600s pimentone, 1600s–1700s piemento, 1600s– pimento, 1700s pemento, 1700s piementa, 1900s– pimenta (irregular). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Portuguese pimenta; Spanish pimiento. Etymology: Partly < Portuguese pimenta allspice (more fully pimenta da Jamaica ), sweet pepper, pepper (1118 as pigmenta ; < post-classical Latin pigmentum : see pigment n.), and partly < Spanish pimiento sweet pepper, chilli pepper, the plant on which sweet peppers grow, the plant on which peppercorns grow, formerly also ground pepper, peppercorns (1495; earlier pimienta (13th cent.), now usually in sense ground pepper, peppercorns; also as pimenta in this sense (late 15th cent.)) < post-classical Latin pigmentum (see pigment n.). Compare pimiento n. A. n. 1. a. Allspice; the dried aromatic berries of the pimento tree (see sense A. 1b), or a preparation made from them. Now chiefly Caribbean. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > allspice allspice1621 pimentoc1660 Jamaica pepper1661 pimiento1662 pimento berry1788 c1660 State of Jamaica f. 611 Piemente growes plentifully in Mountaines and is a Spice of the forme of East India pepper of very curious gust haveing in it the mixt tast of diuers spices. 1690 Hist. Acct. W. Indies in Harl. Misc. (Park) II. 371 Piemento is another natural production of..Jamaica; from whence many call it Jamaica pepper. 1707 Boston News-let. 20 Jan. 2/2 To be Sold on reasonable terms for ready Money..Jamaica & Leeward-Island fine Sugar, Pemento or all Spice. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) VI. 332 These berries..turn brown and acquire a spicy smell, which in England hath given the name of all spice to this pimento. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 364 Pimento combines the flavour and properties of many of the oriental spices. 1889 G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants i. 66 Allspice, or Pimento, is the dry berry of Pimenta officinalis Lindl..a West Indian evergreen-tree. 1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom xiv. 153 I can't tell you how I did love him... He was sharp like pimenta an' sweeter than sugar. 1969 S. G. Harrison et al. Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 132/2 Allspice (Pimenta dioica) is a small tropical tree whose unripe dried berries provide the spice called allspice... It is also known as ‘pimenta’ and ‘pimento’. 2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 63 Its flavor is strong and distinctive, so you don't need much allspice to get the pimento point across. b. More fully pimento tree. The allspice tree, Pimenta dioica (family Myrtaceae), an aromatic tree native to the Caribbean, southern Mexico, and Central America that has large leathery leaves and brown berries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding condiments or used in food preparation > [noun] > pimento tree pimento1679 1679 T. Trapham Disc. Health Jamaica 38 The Bay Tree or Spice Pimento perfume the woods with profitable sweets. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 126 He built two Hutts with Piemento Trees. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 76 Piementa, Jamaica Pepper, or All-Spice-Tree. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 104 Pimento, a small tree, yielding a strong aromatic spice. 1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 216 The Pimento-tree grows to the height of 30 or 40 feet, with a very straight trunk. 1835 B. M. Senior Jamaica 55 In three or four years after the ruinate is cleared up, the pimento begins to bear. 1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds II. 43 The dried seeds of pimento. 1949 J. E. C. McFarlane Treasury Jamaican Poetry i. 23 Dark-robed Pimentos gloom. 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 141/1 Allspice. The berry of the Jamaica pepper or pimento. 1991 Sun (Brisbane) 28 Feb. (Update) 34/5 He cut down several pimento trees and began to build a hut. c. More fully pimento wood. The wood of the pimento or allspice tree. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of West Indies and Central America guaiacum1533 guaiac1558 lignum vitae1594 sweetwood1607 green ebony1665 princewoodc1665 alligator wood1696 pimento wood1712 greenheart1719 mahoea1726 galimeta-wood1756 determa1769 bullet-wood1843 cocobolo1849 lancewood1858 silver-balli1858 yari-yari1858 Honduras rosewood1860 sabicu1866 amarant1909 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 126 The Piemento Wood..serv'd him both for Firing and Candle, and refresh'd him with its fragrant Smell. 1892 Joseph Gardner & Sons' Monthly Circular 1 Oct. Pimento, £5 per ton. 1938 Z. N. Hurston Tell my Horse iv. 69 This was one of the far-famed ‘Ebolite’ sticks. They are made from pimento wood, which becomes ‘prementa’ on the lips of the peasant. 2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 136 Purists will tell you that the only way to do real jerk is to cook the pork on slats of still-green pimento wood over a pimento-wood fire. †2. A chilli (cayenne) pepper, Capsicum annuum (Longum group). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > pepper not from Piper nigrum > types of long peppereOE garden ginger1526 Guinea pepper1597 Ethiopian pepper1598 chilli1662 pimiento1671 pimento1673 piment1705 capsicum1725 cayenne1756 African pepper1788 paprika1839 Negro pepper1849 Japan pepper1866 shot-pepper1890 chilli powder1898 chile ancho1906 chile mulato1907 Aleppo pepper1920 pasilla1935 mirch1951 pepperoncino1951 shishito1975 chili pepper- 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 494 They [sc. Spaniards] delight much in Pimentone, i.e. Guiny pepper. 1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 241 They perswade me to eat some of a Fruit they call Pimento, which is as long as ones Finger, but as hot as Pepper. 1793 G. Riley Beauties Creation (ed. 2) V. 51 Guinea Pepper, which the Americans call Mexico Pepper, Pimento, or American Pepper, is a red Pepper. 3. A sweet (esp. red) pepper, Capsicum annuum (Grossum group); = pimiento n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > capsicum > types of case pepper1631 bayberry1756 pimiento1845 paprika1851 pimento1885 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > capsicum > types of green pepper1565 case pepper1631 bird pepper1696 bell-pepper1707 goat peppera1726 bayberry1756 bird's eye pepper1829 bird's eye1842 pimiento1845 bird's eye chilli1851 paprika1851 pimento1885 datil1900 chile ancho1906 chile mulato1907 pasilla1929 jalapeño pepper1949 poblano1950 Serrano1952 chile poblano1972 1885 Amer. Naturalist 19 545 Molina says many species of Capsicum called by the Indians ‘thapi’ are cultivated in Chili, among others..the berry pimento and the pimento with a subligneous stalk. 1911 Grocer's Encycl. 480 Pimiento, or Pimento, a large-fruited capsicum..extensively used for stuffing olives, etc. 1918 A. Quiller-Couch Foe-Farrell 94 What do you say now..to a pig's trotter farced with pimento. 1950 E. David Bk. Mediterranean Food 132 Mixed red, green, and yellow pimentos, cooked a few minutes in boiling water, then peeled and sautéd in butter. 1988 M. Warner Lost Father v. 42 There were bottled pimentos. B. adj. Of the orange-red colour of pimento. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > orange-red redeOE fire-reda1382 flame-red1382 flammid1610 flammeous1656 orange-red1796 iron-red1798 pimento1921 pimiento1963 flame1970 1921 Mexia (Texas) Evening News 16 Apr. 4/5 The bride wore honeydew tulle, with pimento trimmings. 1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 112 Pimento velvet hat by Christian Dior. 1994 Denver Post 18 Sept. (Mag.) 11/2 The kitchen..had flamboyant orange and red flocked wallpaper and pimento cabinets. Compounds pimento berry n. a dried berry of the allspice or pimento tree; cf. sense A. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > allspice allspice1621 pimentoc1660 Jamaica pepper1661 pimiento1662 pimento berry1788 1788 D. Monro Treat. Med. & Pharmaceut. Chym. III. 372 Take of pimento berries (Jamaica pepper), half a pound. 1893 C. Sullivan Jamaica Cookery Bk. 104 Put four quarts of ripe pimento berries into a jar, and boil till the berries burst. 1907 Daily Consular & Trade Rep. (U.S. State Dept.) 5 Oct. 11 Ripe pimento berries are used to make pimento dram, a native drink. 2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 230/2 Allspice, also known as pimento berries or pimento seed. pimento cheese n. originally U.S. soft cheese flavoured with chopped sweet peppers. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > varieties of cheese goat cheeseOE green cheesec1390 rowen cheesea1425 bred-cheesec1440 hard cheesec1470 ruen cheese1510 parmesan1538 spermyse1542 angelot1573 cow-cheese1583 goat's cheese1588 Cheshire Cheese1597 eddish-cheese1615 nettle cheese1615 aftermath cheese1631 marsolini1636 Suffolk cheese1636 Cheddar cheesea1661 rowen1673 parmigianoa1684 raw-milk cheesea1687 fleet cheese1688 sage-cheese1714 Rhode Island cheese1733 Stilton cheese1736 Roquefort cheese1762 American cheese1763 fodder cheese1784 Old Peg1785 blue cheese1787 Dunlop cheese1793 Wiltshire1794 Gloucester1802 Gruyère1802 Neufchâtel1814 Limburger cheese1817 Dunlop1818 fog cheese1822 Swiss cheese1822 Suffolk thumpa1825 Stilton1826 skim dick1827 stracchino cheese1832 Blue Vinney1836 Edam1836 Schabzieger1837 sapsago1846 Munster1858 mysost1861 napkin cheese1865 provolone1865 Roquefort1867 Suffolk bang1867 Leicester1874 Brie1876 Camembert1878 Gorgonzola1878 Leicester cheese1880 Port Salut1881 Wensleydale1881 Gouda1885 primost1889 Cantal1890 Suisse1891 bondon1894 Petit Suisse1895 Gervais1896 Lancashire1896 Pont l'Évêque1896 reggiano1896 Romano1897 fontina1898 Caerphilly cheese1901 Derby cheese1902 Emmental1902 Liptauer1902 farmer cheese1904 robiola1907 gjetost1908 reblochon1908 scamorza1908 Cabrales1910 Jack1910 pimento cheese1910 mozzarella1911 pimiento cheese1911 Monterey cheese1912 processed cheese1918 Tillamook1918 tvorog1918 anari1919 process cheese1923 Bel Paese1926 pecorino1931 Oka1936 Parmigiano–Reggiano1936 vacherin1936 Monterey Jack1940 Red Leicester1940 demi-sel1946 tomme1946 Danish blue1948 Tilsit1950 St.-Maure1951 Samsoe1953 Havarti1954 paneer1954 taleggio1954 feta1956 St. Paulin1956 bleu cheese1957 Manchego1957 Ilchester1963 Dolcelatte1964 chèvre1965 Chaource1966 Windsor Red1969 halloumi1970 Montrachet1973 Chaumes1976 Lymeswold1981 cambozola1984 yarg1984 1910 Mansfield (Ohio) News 14 Oct. 12/3 (advt.) Pimento Cheese (something new) 15c Jar. 1987 E. Ronay Bird's Eye Guide Healthy Eating Out 65 Try eggplant ‘Parmesan’ (made with tofu and sunflower pimento cheese). pimento dram n. a Jamaican liqueur made with pimento berries. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > liqueur > [noun] > kinds of rosa solis1564 rose wine1603 rose of solace1604 ros solis1607 ratafia1670 brandy-cherrya1687 cherry-brandy1686 kernel-water1706 cherry cordial1710 visney1733 walnut-water1747 aniseed1749 maraschino1770 noyau1787 rosolio1796 cherry-bounce1798 absinthe1803 Parfait Amour1805 curaçao1813 ginger cordial1813 citronelle1818 pine1818 crèmea1821 alkermes1825 Goldwasser1826 citronella1834 anisette1837 goldwater1849 crème de cassis1851 Van der Hum1861 chocolate liqueur1864 kümmel1864 chartreuse1866 pimento dram1867 Trappistine1877 green muse1878 rock and rye1878 Benedictine1882 liqueur brandy1882 mandarin1882 green1889 Drambuie1893 advocaat1895 Grand Marnier1900 green fairy1902 green peril1905 cassis1907 Strega1910 quetsch1916 cointreau1920 anis1926 Izarra1926 Southern Comfort1934 amaro1945 Tia Maria1948 amaretto1969 Sabra1970 sambuca1971 Midori1978 limoncello1993 1867 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 May 2/3 (advt.) Cases 1 dozen Ginger Wine..Ditto Pimento Dram. 1958 D. P. Storer Familiar Trees & Cultivated Plants of Jamaica 70 ‘Pimento-dram’ is a delicious Jamaican liqueur made, essentially, by soaking the ripe berries in rum. 1989 O. Senior Lily, Lily in Arrival of Snake Woman 113 Little money making projects on the side in..pickles and pimento dram, tatting, strawwork and embroidery. † pimento-myrtle n. Obsolete rare = sense A. 1b. ΚΠ 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxiv. 371 The pimento-myrtle is produced in the woods. pimento olive n. (also pimento-stuffed olive) a pitted olive stuffed with a piece of sweet red pepper. ΚΠ 1905 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 26 May 8/3 Cucumber salad with pimento olives was the third course. 1906 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 3 Nov. 3/4 (advt.) Libby's Pimento Stuffed Olives 7½d. 2004 Toronto Star (Nexis) 11 Jan. d14 He put a bowl of pimento olives on the coffee table. pimento red n. and adj. (a) n. an orange-red colour; (b) adj. of an orange-red colour; cf. sense B. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > orange red orange-red1601 nacarat1684 flame1711 iron-reda1728 morning-red1805 orange-scarlet1824 orange-crimson1859 rouge de fer1872 flame-red1906 pimento red1921 persimmon1930 paprika1934 1921 Woodland (California) Daily Democrat 23 Feb. 2/3 There are 66 ‘standard’ colors for silks... Most of them are gay and festive, such as pimento red. 1975 Vogue Dec. 107 Pimento red Hurel jersey. 1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. 85/1 The story from Milan for spring 1982 is told in shades of pimento red. 2004 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 30 Mar. 10 A grass skirt under a sweeping pimento-red crinoline. pimento walk n. a plantation or avenue of pimento trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding condiments or used in food preparation > [noun] > pimento tree > plantation pimento walk1756 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 248 The leaves and bark are very warm..which makes them extremely cautious of fire, in all Pimento-walks. 1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 216 A Pimento walk, when in full blossom, is a very delightful object. 1967 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 21 July 3/2 One can be sure of one's pimento walk being full of bearing trees. † pimento water n. Obsolete a mixture of water and an extract of pimento. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cordial > [noun] > kinds of water of milk1542 wormwood wine1565 milk water1602 wormwood water1612 mint water1639 persico1709 saffron cordial1728 peppermint water1756 pimento water1760 mint tea1764 peppermintc1770 rum shrub1788 ginger brandy1838 peppermint cordial1847 cloves1853 currant-shrub1856 shrub1861 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > cordial > made from plants saffron1685 orange flower1712 saffron cordial1728 pimento water1760 1760 T. Jefferys Nat. & Civil Hist. French Dominions N. & S. Amer. II. vi. 184 They perform the ceremony of drawing blood..and then bath the punctures with a strong pickle of Indian pepper, or pimento water. 1826 Lancet 14 Oct. 64/1 The patient was..directed to take..Pimento water. 1869 A. S. Wright Wright's Bk. 3000 Pract. Receipts 218 Pimento water. Pimento, 56 pounds; water, 108 gallons. Draw off 100 gallons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1660
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