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morcilla

morcilla noun: a Spanish blood sausage, sometimes with rice and onions as ingredients.

Noun

morcilla (plural morcillas)

  1. A Spanish blood sausage, sometimes with rice and onions as ingredients.
    • As I tasted the reds from Bierzo, I wanted food that was dark, rich and earthy.[…] A plate of nicely seared morcilla, or French boudin noir, would be enough alongside these wines.2009 March 17, Florence Fabricant, “Chicken With Morcilla and Peppers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of morcilla

pluralmorcillas

Origin of morcilla

From Spanish morcilla.

Questions about morcilla

What does morcilla mean?
Morcilla means a Spanish blood sausage, sometimes with rice and onions as ingredients.
What part of speech is morcilla?
Morcilla is a noun.
What is the plural of morcilla?
The plural of morcilla is morcillas.

Words near morcilla in the dictionary

  1. morchas
  2. morchellaceous
  3. morchelloid
  4. morching
  5. morchings
  6. morcilla
  7. morcillas
  8. morclofone
  9. Morcom
  10. Morcos
  11. Morcoses

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