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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 ]
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" ...
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)).
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.