A spicy chilli paste from the Caucasus · Georgian
Tall sweet herb candied for cakes · Latin
A seed with a liquorice flavour
A red seed used to colour cheese and rice
Pot marigold used in salves and salads · Latin
Bark spice sold as the bolder kind of cinnamon · Greek
Daisy like flower dried for a calming tea · Greek
A round red pepper like a cherry · small dogs
Cardamom, the perfumed pod used in chai and sweets · Hindi
The fragrant creamy flowers of the elder tree
A red chilli from the Basque village of Espelette · French
Fiery North African chilli paste · Arabic
A big leafed Mexican herb, meaning sacred leaf · Spanish
Peruvian black mint, an Andean herb · Quechua
Greek for cinnamon · Greek
French for lavender · French
A scented purple flowering herb
A gentle lemon scented herb of the mint family
An Australian leaf with a strong lemon scent
A strongly lemon scented herb
A sweeter cousin of oregano
Turkish for mint · Turkish
Black seed scattered over naan and flatbreads · Latin
A dark dried chilli, meaning little raisin · Mexican Spanish
Broad minty leaf wrapped around Korean barbecue · Korean
Pink peppercorns · small dogs
Greek for oregano, the dried wild kind · Greek
A woody Mediterranean herb, the name means dew of the sea
A thistle like flower used as a saffron substitute
Swedish for saffron · Swedish
A peppery herb, summer or winter
A star shaped spice with a liquorice scent · Chinese
Herb with button yellow flowers and a sharp scent
The cured pod of a climbing orchid
Lemon scented herb brewed as a tea · Latin
An old herb once grown in monastery gardens
Dried poblano chilli, mild and raisin sweet · Spanish
The thin fiery chile de arbol, meaning tree chilli · Mexican Spanish
Italian for basil · Italian
A round chilli that rattles when shaken, meaning little bell · Mexican Spanish
A hot red pepper, from the Nahuatl chilli
A tiny wild chilli, the mother of all peppers · Mexican Spanish · small dogs
A warm earthy seed used across Asia and Mexico
A pungent Mexican herb cooked with beans · Mexican Spanish
French for tarragon · French
A mild dried red chilli · Mexican Spanish
Very hot lantern shaped chilli from the Yucatan · Spanish
Korean for ginseng · Korean
A hot yellow paste made from crushed seed
The dried herb of Greek and Italian kitchens
Italian for oregano · Italian
A small green Spanish pepper, now and then a hot one · Spanish · small dogs
Italian for a small hot chilli pepper, the friggitello's fiery cousin · Italian · small dogs
The dried black berry that is ground into pepper · small dogs
A tiny hot chilli · Mexican Spanish · small dogs
A sweet red pepper stuffed into olives · Spanish
A small sweet red Spanish pepper · Spanish · small dogs
Broad mild chilli from Puebla, roasted and stuffed · Spanish
A hot apple shaped chilli from the Andes · Quechua
Slim hot chilli from the Mexican highlands · Spanish
The tingling Sichuan peppercorn of south west China · Chinese
A soft anise flavoured herb of French cooking
A sweet scented woodland herb
Tiny Indian seed with a strong thyme flavour · Hindi
A sweet warm chilli from Syria · Arabic
Berry that tastes of clove, cinnamon and nutmeg at once · Jamaican
Middle Eastern spice mix, the name means spices · Arabic
Soothing lemon scented mint family herb
A mild long yellow pepper
The aromatic leaf of the bay laurel
Ethiopian chilli and spice blend · Amharic
Fragrant citrus used to scent Earl Grey tea · Italian
A tiny fiery chilli · small dogs
Blue starry herb whose leaves taste of cucumber
Root plant famous for burrs that stick to fur
Pickled flower buds of the caper bush · small dogs
Curved seed baked into rye bread and cakes
A fragrant pod used from India to Scandinavia
Delicate herb with a faint aniseed flavour · French
Bitter blue flowered plant whose root is roasted for coffee
Smoke dried jalapeno chilli · Nahuatl
A slender onion flavoured herb · small dogs
The fresh green leaf of the coriander plant · Spanish
The dried flower bud of a tropical tree · small dogs
Broad leaved herb long used in old country remedies
A herb whose seed is a different spice again
Peppery seedling leaf grown on a windowsill · small dogs
A spiced dish, from the Tamil kari, meaning sauce
A fragrant leaf from South Indian cooking
Coriander, used as both leaf and seed · Hindi
A feathery herb used with fish and pickles
Egyptian mix of crushed nuts, sesame and spice · Arabic
A bulb and seed with an anise flavour
Bittersweet seed that smells of maple syrup
Small daisy herb once taken for headaches
A savoury Japanese seasoning sprinkled over rice · Japanese
Peppery root related to ginger, used in Thai curries · Thai
The warming half of garam masala, the word means hot · Hindi
Hot fragrant root used in baking and curries
Turmeric, the golden spice of Indian kitchens · Hindi
Ancient bitter herb with blue flowering spikes · Hebrew
Green Mexican chilli named after the city of Xalapa · Spanish
Cumin, the earthy backbone of Indian cooking · Hindi
Swedish for cinnamon · Swedish
A sour purple fruit spice from India
Citrus scented stalk used across South East Asia
Tall old English herb that tastes of celery
Lacy outer coat of the nutmeg seed
Hindi, a blend of spices · Hindi
A cool green herb, from the Latin menta
Japanese wild parsley, the name means three leaves · Japanese
Small red berries native to Australia · small dogs
Fragrant green leaf used in South East Asian sweets · Malay
A green herb, from the Greek petroselinon, rock parsley
Sharp cooling mint used in tea and sweets
Sweet red pepper, also another word for allspice · Spanish
Small hot African chilli, the name means pepper · Swahili
An African bird's eye chilli, the heat in piri piri chicken · Swahili
A fiery chilli paste · Indonesian
Japanese pepper that tingles on the tongue · Japanese
A root bark spice once used for root beer
A fiery Caribbean chilli shaped like a bonnet
Tiny oil rich seed toasted for flavour · small dogs
A small mild Japanese pepper · Japanese · small dogs
Frilled Japanese leaf served with sashimi · Japanese
Softer garden mint used in sauces and drinks
Sour sticky pod used in sauces and chutneys · Arabic
Swahili for ginger · Swahili
A tiny leaved Mediterranean herb · small dogs
A wrinkled black bean that smells of vanilla
The root that stains everything yellow
Root herb used to help people sleep · Latin
Slender herb the Romans treated as sacred
A roasted Australian acacia seed tasting of coffee
Levantine blend of thyme, sumac and sesame · Arabic