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Black Cardamom
Amomum subulatum
A large, wrinkled, smoke-dried pod with a campfire intensity that lifts long-cooked meats and dals far from its delicate green cousin.
Looking for 13-letter spices? Here are 5 spices that fit — each linked to a full profile.
Letters are counted across the whole name with spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and diacritics excluded. "Apple Pie" is 8 letters; "Boeuf Bourguignon" is 16.
Table of contents
| Black Cardamom | Coriander Seed | Green Cardamom | Sichuan Pepper |
| Smoked Paprika |
List of 13-letter Spices
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Coriander Seed
Coriandrum sativum
The dried fruit of the cilantro plant — gently floral, citrusy, and the most forgiving of "sweet" spices used by the heaping spoonful.
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Green Cardamom
Elettaria cardamomum
The pale-green seed pod of a tropical ginger relative — the "queen of spices" and one of the world's most expensive flavorings by weight.
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Sichuan Pepper
Zanthoxylum bungeanum
The husks of a prickly ash berry whose alkamide molecules produce a tingling, electric numbness on the lips — the *ma* in Sichuan's signature *mala*.
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Smoked Paprika
Capsicum annuum
Spanish pimentón dried over oak smoke for weeks — the campfire-deep red powder behind chorizo, paella, and patatas bravas.
About 13-letter spices
That's our current list of spices with exactly 13 letters. Need a different length? Try the browse-by-length pills in the sidebar, or combine with a starting letter — for example, 13-letter spices that start with A.