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   polenta

   /pəˈlɛntə/

   noun

   • 1. maize flour as used in Italian cooking; cornmeal: "maize is used, more coarsely ground, in Italy's versatile polenta"
   • ▪ a paste or dough made from polenta, which is boiled and typically then fried or baked: "roasted pork accompanied by grilled polenta"

   Word Origin late 16th century: Italian, from Latin, ‘pearl barley’ (a sense of polenta in Old English).

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