succotash
(noun) fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream
Source: WordNet® 3.1
succotash (usually uncountable, plural succotashes)
(US) A stew made from kernels of corn, lima beans, tomatoes and sometimes peppers.
Source: Wiktionary
Suc"co*tash, n. Etym: [Narragansett Indian m'sickquatash corn boiled whole.]
Definition: Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians. [Written also suckatash.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
