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Semolina

//ˌsɛməˈliːnə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Coarse grains produced at an intermediate stage of wheat flour milling. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta wordnet
  3. 3
    Such grains, usually from durum wheat, used in the preparation of pasta, couscous and various sweet dishes. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of semolina pudding. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually

Etymology

Etymology tree Aramaic סְמִידָאder. Latin simila Italian semola Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Italian -ino Italian semolinobor. English semolina From earlier semolino, borrowed from Italian semolino, diminutive of semola, from Latin simila (“finest wheat flour”). Compare regional German Semmel (“bread roll”).

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