semolina
NounUS[sem-uh-lee-nuh]/ˌsɛməˈlinə/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pastaType of flour
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sem′o·li′na noun
Origin: It. semolino, from semola bran, L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf. Semoule, Simnel.
The purified fine, hard parts of durum wheat, derived mostly from the endosperm, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, — used in cookery, such as in the preparation of Italian pasta.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54