focaccia
[foh-kah-chuh]
- a large, round, flat Italian bread, sprinkled before baking with olive oil, salt, and often herbs.
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Origin of focaccia
1975–80; < Italian < Late Latin focacia (neuter plural), derivative of Latin focus hearth, perhaps with -āceus -aceous
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The person who was reading her essay happened to have focaccia bread baking in the oven at the time of reading the application.
focaccia
- a flat Italian bread made with olive oil and yeast
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Word Origin
from Italian
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