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Paprika
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- 1 Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.
- 1 Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking). uncountable
"As a condiment in food, paprika is reputed to be strongly aphrodisiac."
- 2 a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos wordnet
- 3 A variety of the spice. countable
"Using the trio of paprikas gives more flavour than you'd get using a single paprika."
- 4 plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers wordnet
- 5 A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice. countable, rare
"strings of red paprikas hang outside to dry in the autumn"
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- 6 A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice. countable, uncountable
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Akin to paprikash.
Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Akin to paprikash.
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