pimenta

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noun

pimento

OriginPortuguese Pimenta →
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Meanings

pimenta1

nounpimenta (plural pimentas)

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

Pimenta2

proper nounPimenta (plural Pimentas)

plural Pimentas

  1. A surname from Portuguese.

Origin

  1. PortuguesePimenta
  2. EnglishPimenta

Borrowed from Portuguese Pimenta.

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APA

pimenta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pimenta

MLA

“pimenta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pimenta. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pimenta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pimenta.

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