pasilla
noun
pa·sil·la
päˈsēyä,
pə-,
-yə
plural -s
: a slender long usually dried chili pepper that is blackish brown when dried
Word History
Etymology
Mexican Spanish, probably diminutive of Spanish pasa raisin, from Latin passa (in uva passa raisins, literally, spread of grapes), feminine of passus, past participle of pandere to spread, unfold
First Known Use
1929, in the meaning defined above