Meaning

noun plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers

noun a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos

originBorrowed 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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