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Mexican confection
Answer for the clue "Mexican confection ", 7 letters:
panocha
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts [syn: penuche , penoche , panoche ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also panoche , 1847, from American Spanish panocha "brown sugar," perhaps ultimately from Latin panucula "tuft," diminutive of panus "tuft, swelling; ear of millet" (see panic (n.2)).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Panocha , in New Mexico and southern Colorado , is a pudding made from ground sprouted wheat and piloncillo . It is traditionally eaten during Lent . The sprouted-wheat flour is called "panocha flour" or simply "panocha", as well. In other regions, "panocha" ...
Usage examples of panocha.
After the interview, the general with whom he had met called in a servant, who brought a tray of panocha, a brown-sugar candy.