Pimenta

See also: pimenta

Translingual

Etymology

From Portuguese pimenta (“peppercorns”)

Proper noun

Pimenta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Violaceae – certain trees of the American tropics.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Myrtales – order; Myrtaceae – family; Myrtoideae - subfamily; Myrteae - tribe; Pimentinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pimenta dioica (allspice) - type species

References

• Pimenta (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pimenta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pimenta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pimenta.

Proper noun

Pimenta (plural Pimentas)

1. A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pimenta is the 35057^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 643 individuals. Pimenta is most common among White (80.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pimenta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Tepiman, naptime, paiment

Portuguese

Proper noun

Pimenta

1. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil