Pimento \Pi*men"to\, n. [Sp. pimiento, pimienta; cf. Pg. pimenta, F. piment; all fr. L. pigmentum a paint, pigment, the juice of plants; hence, something spicy and aromatic. See Pigment.]

(Bot.) Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)