paprika

noun

1. a red, powdery condiment derived from dried, ripe sweet peppers.

adjective

2. cooked or seasoned with paprika.

noun

1. a mild powdered seasoning made from a sweet variety of red pepper
2. the fruit or plant from which this seasoning is obtained

n.1896, from German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, a diminutive from Serbo-Croatian papar “pepper,” from Latin piper or Modern Greek piperi (see pepper (n.)). A condiment made from a New World plant, grown by the Turks at Buda from 1529.