HOMINY


Meaning of HOMINY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhä-mə-nē ]

noun

Etymology: Virginia Algonquian -homen, literally, that treated (in the way specified)

Date: 1629

: kernels of corn that have been soaked in a caustic solution (as of lye) and then washed to remove the hulls

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