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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A dried poblano pepper.

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  • noun A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish (chile) ancho, wide (chili), from Spanish, from Old Spanish, from Latin amplus; see ample.]

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From Spanish chile ancho

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