Etymology

serrano pepper

Today it means: A chili pepper of species Capsicum annuum. Full definition →

Spanish sierra
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromsierra“mountain”
  2. English todayserrano pepper

From Spanish sierra (“mountain”).

Words from the same roots

Spanishsierra all →

sierraceroSierra Blanca

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