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PAPRIKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paprika mean? 

PAPRIKA (noun)
  The noun PAPRIKA has 2 senses:

1. plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppersplay

2. a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientosplay

  Familiarity information: PAPRIKA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PAPRIKA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bell pepper; Capsicum annuum grossum; paprika; pimento; pimiento; sweet pepper; sweet pepper plant

Hypernyms ("paprika" is a kind of...):

capsicum; capsicum pepper plant; pepper (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)

Meronyms (parts of "paprika"):

sweet pepper (large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads)

Meronyms (substance of "paprika"):

paprika (a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos)

Holonyms ("paprika" is a member of...):

Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("paprika" is a kind of...):

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Meronyms (substance of "paprika"):

pimento; pimiento (fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paprika"):

Spanish paprika (a mild seasoning made from a variety of pimiento grown in Spain)

Holonyms ("paprika" is a substance of...):

bell pepper; Capsicum annuum grossum; paprika; pimento; pimiento; sweet pepper; sweet pepper plant (plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers)


 Context examples 


I asked the waiter, and he said it was called paprika hendl, and that, as it was a national dish, I should be able to get it anywhere along the Carpathians.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was mamaliga, and egg-plant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call impletata.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

There was a dog howling all night under my window, which may have had something to do with it; or it may have been the paprika, for I had to drink up all the water in my carafe, and was still thirsty.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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