hominy

/ˈhɒmɨni/ · noun

Meaning

A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

grits(English)lye(English)hominy snow(English)rockahominie(English)hoecake(English)hunyack(English)honyak(English)hunyak(English)cornbread(English)masa(English)osage(English)kernels(English)

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Sources

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