Spanish rice


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Spanish rice

n.
A dish consisting of rice cooked with tomatoes, spices, chopped onions, and green peppers.
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Spanish rice

n
(Cookery) rice cooked with tomatoes, onions, green peppers, etc, and often flavoured with saffron
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Span′ish rice′


n.
cooked rice flavored with tomato, onion, and green pepper.
[1925–30]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Spanish rice - spicy rice with tomatoes and onions and green peppersSpanish rice - spicy rice with tomatoes and onions and green peppers
dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
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