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[], (Noun)
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- In Mexican and Central American cooking: maize prepared by boiling and steeping in an alkaline solution and grinding, for use in food or drink, hominy; (also) maize stew or soup made with this as the principal ingredient, typically also containing pork, beans, and red chilli.
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late 17th century; earliest use found in William Dampier (1651–1715), buccaneer and explorer. From Mexican Spanish pozole and its etymon Nahuatl pozolli stew or drink based on maize
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