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POLENTA
polenta
(noun) a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
polenta (countable and uncountable, plural polentas)
Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.
Anagrams
• Lepanto, nepotal, tolpane
Source: Wiktionary
Po*len"ta, n. Etym: [It., fr. L. polenta peeled barley.]
Definition: Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal. [Italy]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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