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hominy

hom·i·ny [ hómmənee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
dried corn: dried and puffed whole kernels of corn that are eaten boiled, especially in the Southwestern dish known as "posole"

[Early 17th century. Contraction of Virginia Algonquian uskatahomen, "that which is ground"]
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