succotash
a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, especially lima beans, and, often, with green and sweet red peppers.
Origin of succotash
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How to use succotash in a sentence
succotash, suk′o-tash, n. a dish consisting of a stew of green Indian corn and beans.
The succotash mixture may be fed alone or in conjunction with other meal added to make the food still more in balance.
Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry | Pratt Food Co.There were succotash and baked codfish, a good brown loaf, and pies made of blueberries gathered and dried the summer before.
The Puritan Twins | Lucy Fitch PerkinsThe stew of succotash and corned beef, which Frank had called the Canoeists Delight, was now ready.
The Outdoor Chums on the Lake | Quincy AllenThe cultivation of maize and plants gave the people unleavened bread, the Indian succotash and hominy.
Ancient Society | Lewis Henry Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for succotash
/ (ˈsʌkəˌtæʃ) /
US and Canadian a mixture of cooked sweet corn kernels and lima beans, served as a vegetable
Origin of succotash
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