pə̇ˈment.(ˌ)ō, -en.(ˌ)tō noun
( plural pimentos or pimento )
Etymology: Spanish pimienta pepper, allspice, from Late Latin pigmenta, plural of pigmentum plant juice, from Latin, pigment — more at pigment
1.
a. obsolete : a small hot pepper (as a cayenne or Guinea pepper)
b. : pimiento 1
2.
a. : allspice
b. or pimento tree : allspice tree
c. : the fine-grained tough heavy pinkish wood of the allspice tree that is used chiefly for small specialty articles (as canes and umbrella handles)
3. : a vivid red that is yellower, lighter, and slightly stronger than apple red, yellower, lighter, and stronger than carmine, yellower and darker than Castilian red, yellower and lighter than madder crimson, and yellower, stronger, and slightly lighter than scarlet