succotash

succotash
/suk"euh tash'/, n.
a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, esp. lima beans, and, often, with green and sweet red peppers.
[1745-55, Amer.; < Narragansett (E sp.) msíckquatash boiled whole kernels of corn (c. Eastern Abenaki (F sp.) mesikoutar, equiv. to Proto-Algonquian *mes- whole + *-i·nkw- eye (hence, kernel) + *-ete·- be cooked (+ -w-) + *-ali pl. suffix)]

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