Spanish rice

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Span′ish rice′, 

1. Food rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.

• 1925–30

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Spanish rice noun

1. rice cooked with tomatoes, onions, green peppers, etc, and often flavoured with saffron