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perlo

perlo noun: a rustic, one-pot Southern dish featuring chicken, smoked sausage, and rice simmered together in a savory broth.

Noun

perlo (countable and uncountable, plural perlos)

  1. (Southern, US) A rustic, one-pot Southern dish featuring chicken, smoked sausage, and rice simmered together in a savory broth.

Forms of perlo

pluralperlos
alternative formperloo
alternative formpurloo

Origin of perlo

Unknown. Possibly a corruption of pilau.

Words formed from perlo

  • chicken perlo

Questions about perlo

What does perlo mean?
Perlo means a rustic, one-pot Southern dish featuring chicken, smoked sausage, and rice simmered together in a savory broth.
What part of speech is perlo?
Perlo is a noun.
What is the plural of perlo?
The plural of perlo is perlos.

Words near perlo in the dictionary

  1. Perlman
  2. Perlman syndrome
  3. Perlmans
  4. Perlmutter
  5. Perlmutters
  6. perlo
  7. perlocute
  8. perlocuted
  9. perlocutes
  10. perlocuting
  11. perlocution

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