cuitlacoche

Spanish huit·la·co·che
Spanish

[kweet-lah-koh-chey, kweet-lah-kaw-che]

noun

1. corn smut.

2. the black fungus that causes corn smut.

3. corn affected with this black fungus, having a sweet, smoky flavor, considered a delicacy and used in a variety of Mexican dishes.

Example Sentences

By night, the more melodious, all incomparable song of the czentzontlé—mockingbird of Mexico—oft intermingled with another song, but little less powerful or sweet, that of the cuitlacoche—a second species of New World nightingale, not so well known.

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