Meanings
pimenta1
plural pimentas
- 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
Origin
- PortuguesePimenta
- EnglishPimenta
Borrowed from Portuguese Pimenta.
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pimenta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pimenta
“pimenta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pimenta. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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