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spice

  • noun
  • spīs

Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.

Other meanings

  1. The quality of being spicy.

  2. Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.

Example sentences

  • “Cut all vegetables and fry them with spices.”

    Tatoeba · Isomorph · CC0

Word history

From Latin "speciēs" (kind, sort).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “spice” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.