Succotash

//ˈsʌkəˌtæʃ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stew made from kernels of corn, lima beans, tomatoes and sometimes peppers. US, uncountable, usually

    "Some of their modes of cookery have been adopted, and are retained. [...] [T]heir nokehike, which is corn parched and pounded, their ſuckataſh, which is a mixture of corn and beans boiled, are much uſed, and very palatable."

  2. 2
    fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream wordnet

Example

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"Some of their modes of cookery have been adopted, and are retained. [...] [T]heir nokehike, which is corn parched and pounded, their ſuckataſh, which is a mixture of corn and beans boiled, are much uſed, and very palatable."

Etymology

Borrowed from Narragansett msíckquatash (“boiled corn kernels”).

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