piquillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish piquillo.

Noun

piquillo (plural piquillos)

1. A specific breed of small, red pepper originally from Peru
   • 2008, Karen Adler, Judith Fertig, BBQ bash, →ISBN, page 134:

     Piquillos are not edible raw; instead, they're smoke-roasted, then packed in jars.

Spanish

Noun

piquillo m (plural piquillos)

1. piquillo

Further reading

• “piquillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10