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Definition of Poblano
1. a mild, dark-green chili pepper [n -NOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poblano
Literary usage of Poblano
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"One of them, a violent fellow by the name of poblano, had that spring married an
Indian ... poblano did not relish the proposition; but the young bride, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"... ocurrir en las Juntas electorales de parroquias, de partido y de provincia,
y de ayuntamientos por el redactor poblano RAF, etc. Reimpreso en Mejico. ..."
3. Travels in the United States, Etc.: During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"I concluded it might possibly be poblano-Spanish, with perhaps a slight mixture
of some Indian dialect, and I began to reply in Spanish, to the best of my ..."
4. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1908)
"... that he had been the principal in the massacre of the catechumens ; and that
he was the chief cause of the murder of the soldier poblano. ..."
5. Cancun, Cozumel and Riviera Maya Alive by Bruce Conord (2005)
"A green poblano pepper, stuffed with a meat and fruit filling, is covered by a
white cream sauce made with ground cashews and sprinkled with red pomegranate ..."
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