green pepper vs paprika

green pepper

noun
  • A green variety of dried peppercorn, made from the unripe berries by treating them in a manner that retains the green colour. 

  • The green, unripe, form of the sweet bell pepper. Popular in cooking, especially Italian cuisine. The unripe bell pepper is green and generally changes to other colors as it matures, cultivars exist for red, orange, yellow and other shades. 

paprika

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

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

  • A variety of the spice. 

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

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