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Couscous

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Noun

1. couscous

a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew

2. couscous

a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Couscous

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noun
1. 
a type of semolina originating from North Africa, consisting of granules of crushed durum wheat
2. 
a spicy North African dish consisting of steamed semolina with meat, vegetables, or fruit C17: via French from Arabic kouskous, from kaskasa to pound until fine

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Couscous

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noun
a N African dish made with crushed grain, often semolina, usually steamed and served as with lamb or chicken in a spicy sauce

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Couscous

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n.
1. A pasta of North African origin made of semolina or other grains, formed into small pellets and usually steamed.
2. A North African dish consisting of this pasta served with stewed vegetables or meat.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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