basmati
[ bahs-mah-tee ]
/ bɑsˈmɑ ti /
noun
a variety of cultivated long-grain rice that is notably fragrant.
Nearby words
- baskin,
- baskin, leonard,
- basking,
- basking shark,
- basle,
- basmati rice,
- basnet,
- baso-,
- basoerythrocyte,
- basoerythrocytosis
Origin of basmati
First recorded in 1845–50, basmati is from the Hindi word basmati, literally, fragrant
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