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huitlacoche

US/ˌwit.ləˈkoʊ.t͡ʃeɪ/

huitlacoche noun: corn smut prepared as a delicacy.

Noun

huitlacoche (uncountable)

  1. Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
    • I told him how much I'd liked my fish course, a black sea bass fillet with pickled lotus root and huitlacoche sauce […]2006, Pete Wells, “Putting Le Bec-Fin to the Test”, in Best Food Writing 2006, →ISBN, page 164
    • Consider huitlacoche (corn fungus), miracle berries (that trick taste buds into thinking sour is sweet), Casu Marzu (maggoty black-market cheese) or turu (a worm-like mollusc).2009 February 2, Susan Sampson, “1001 foods you must taste”, in Toronto Star

Forms of huitlacoche

alternative formcuitlacoche

Origin of huitlacoche

From Spanish huitlacoche, an alteration of cuitlacoche, from Classical Nahuatl cuitlacochin.

Questions about huitlacoche

What does huitlacoche mean?
Huitlacoche means corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
What part of speech is huitlacoche?
Huitlacoche is a noun.
How do you pronounce huitlacoche?
Huitlacoche is pronounced /ˌwit.ləˈkoʊ.t͡ʃeɪ/ (US).

Words near huitlacoche in the dictionary

  1. huissiers
  2. huissiers de justice
  3. huit
  4. huitain
  5. huitains
  6. huitlacoche
  7. Huitoto
  8. Huitotoan
  9. Huitron
  10. Huitrons
  11. Huitson

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