Cryptic crossword clue
Spice Island with new capital Kerala borders 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PAPRIKA

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What does PAPRIKA mean?

PAPRIKA noun
  1. Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking).
  2. A variety of the spice.
  3. (rare, commonly called "dried [bell/chilli] peppers" or "dried capsicums") A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
  4. A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.
PAPRIKA adjective
  1. Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.

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