COUSCOUS

couscous

(noun) a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina

couscous

(noun) a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

couscous (countable and uncountable, plural couscouses)

A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.

Source: Wiktionary


Cous"cous` (ks"ks`), n.

Definition: A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also lalo.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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