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paprika also refers to bell peppers generally. The seasoning is used in many cuisines to add colour and flavour to dishes. According to the Oxford English Dictionary...

regions of southern Argentina. The Mapuche Native American name is "Uñi", and Spanish names include "Murta" and "Murtilla" ("little myrtle"); and the "Ugni" is...

hollow gourd (also called a mate in Spanish, or cabaça or cuia in Portuguese) with a metal straw (a bombilla in Spanish, bomba or canudo in Portuguese) is...

toxic belladonna and insects such as the beetle known as Spanish fly (however, the sale of Spanish fly was banned in the spice markets of Morocco in the 1990s)...

Middle Eastern cuisine, nutmeg powder is often used as a spice for savoury dishes. In Arabic, nutmeg is called Jawz at-Tiyb. In European cuisine, nutmeg and...

authentic flavor. The Spanish word charqui (dried meat) gave the name to both jerk and jerky. Jamaican "jerk" ties well into its Spanish/Caribbean roots, since...

weed. The name epazote comes from Nahuatl epazōtl (IPA: [eˈpasoːtɬ]) via Spanish. Epazote is used as a leaf vegetable and herb for its pungent flavor. Raw...

Spaniards, who saw a similarity to the plane tree that grows in Spain, gave the plantain its Spanish name, plátano. Main article: List of banana and plantain...

[tʃa'jɔte], roughly "chy-O-tay"), is the Spanish name of the plant, from Nahuatl hitzayotli. It is used in many parts of Spanish-speaking Latin America and in the...

(SR: 10,000-50,000) A chipotle (pronounced /tʃɨˈpoʊtleɪ/ chee-POTE-lay; Spanish IPA: [tʃiˈpotle][citation needed]) is a smoke-dried jalapeño chili used...

orange-yellow powder commonly used as a spice in curries and other South Asian cuisine, for dyeing, and to impart color to mustard condiments. Its active ingredient...

to meat, fish, and vegetable dishes. They are in particular used in the Cuisine of southwestern France, in dishes such as the salade landaise. They are...

name, also spelled paw paw, paw-paw, and papaw, probably derives from the Spanish papaya, perhaps due to the superficial similarity of their fruit. Pawpaw...

berries, largely unknown in the West, are used in some Asian cuisines, particularly Thai cuisine. Their flavor has been described as piquant and fresh, with...

red/black to magenta streaks. It is very popular in Italian and Portuguese cuisine. The American cranberry bean or horticultural bean is quite similar if not...

Italian cuisine, particularly when cooking beans. It is also used to season the traditional Acadian stew known as fricot. Yerba Buena (Spanish: "good herb";...

and is the lingua franca of the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent. Cumin was also used heavily in ancient Roman cuisine. Cultivation of cumin requires...

and Southeast Asian cuisine. The leaves are variously referred to as coriander leaves, cilantro (in the United States, from the Spanish name for the plant)...

and Southeast Asian cuisine. The leaves are variously referred to as coriander leaves, cilantro (in the United States, from the Spanish name for the plant)...

for which it can be used as a substitute in any recipe. It can be used in cuisine or as an evergreen groundcover for gardens. It is cultivated in gardens...