paprika

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).

A variety of the spice.

A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.

(rare) A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.

Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.