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passoline

passoline noun: small, dark, seedless raisins used especially in Sicilian cuisine, including in savoury dishes.

Noun

passoline pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Small, dark, seedless raisins used especially in Sicilian cuisine, including in savoury dishes.
    • If I'm being more accurate, it's generally passoline rather than raisins and wild fennel rather than cultivated.2016 April 3, Caroline, “Pasta con sarde a mare – 'pasta with sardines at sea'”, in Caroline's Cooking, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2025, retrieved 26 Jul 2026
    • They also add passoline, a type of typical Sicilian raisins, different from common dry grapes because is less sweet.“Fish dishes and street food in the Palermo area cuisine”, in Charminly, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2024, retrieved 26 Jul 2026

Origin of passoline

Borrowed from Italian passoline, plural of passolina, the diminutive of passola.

Questions about passoline

What does passoline mean?
Passoline means small, dark, seedless raisins used especially in Sicilian cuisine, including in savoury dishes.
What part of speech is passoline?
Passoline is a noun.

Words near passoline in the dictionary

  1. passments
  2. Passmore
  3. Passmores
  4. passoid
  5. passoids
  6. passoline
  7. passometer
  8. passometers
  9. passout
  10. passouts
  11. passover

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