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Pimiento

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The pimiento, or Spanish pepper, with a small fruit used as a condiment and for stuffing olives, and the sweet red and green peppers, with larger fruits used as table vegetables and in salads, are mild types.

 


Paprika, Pimentn, Pimiento Dulce, Pimiento Morrn
Common Names in Swahili:
Pilipili Hoho ...

A rather common designation of paprika is sweet pepper: Spanish pimiento dulce, French piment doux, Kazakh qızıl burış [қы-ы" бұрыш] and Arabic fulful halu [ف"ف" ح"و].

Capsicum annuum cv. Pimiento, Sweet Apple
annual, easy care
created by gardengirl
zones: 2a thru 10b ...

In fact 16th century Spanish merchants advocated use of the name "pimiento" for this new, cheaper spice, over the objections of Dutch traders who were importing the more expensive real thing.

But lacking suitable verbiage to describe the fire generated by the new herb, the Spaniards chose to call it by the familiar name of pimiento, or pepper. The Spanish who interbred with the native population and settled Mexico called the plant chilli.

(sinnimo), Chili (alemn), Guindilla (castellano), Hocico de buey (castellano), La-chiao (chino), Marchu (hindi), Marichiphalam (snscrito), Mirchi (hindi), Pebrotera (castellano), Peppers (ingls), Pi-po-li (chino), Piment (francs), Pimiento ...

peppers are: Anaheim, Ancho, Cascabel, Cayenne, Charleston hot, Cherry pepper, Chilaca, Chilhuacle, Chipolte, Fresno, Guajillo, Guero, Habanero, Jalapeno, Jamaican hot, Italian frying, Japanese Sweet, Mulato, Pasilla, Pepperoncini, Pequin, Pimiento, ...

See also: Pepper, Orange, Olive, Paprika, Green

Plants PimentaPimpernel

 
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