succotash

American  

[suhk-uh-tash] / ˈsʌk əˌtæʃ /

noun

1. a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, especially lima beans, and, often, with green and sweet red peppers.

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succotash British  

/ ˈsʌkəˌtæʃ /

noun

1. a mixture of cooked sweet corn kernels and lima beans, served as a vegetable

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Etymology

Origin of succotash

First recorded in 1745–55, from Narragansett ( English spelling) msíckquatash “boiled whole kernels of corn,” cognate with Eastern Abenaki ( French spelling) mesikoutar; further origin uncertain, perhaps equivalent to Proto-Algonquian mesi⋅nkwete⋅wali (unattested), from mes- “whole”+ -i·nkw- “eye” (hence, “kernel”) + -ete·- “be cooked” + -w- + -ali plural suffix (all morphemes unattested)

Example Sentences

In the case of gumbo or succotash, it is a good thing.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025

Tomato-peach salad with burrata, summer succotash, whole roasted branzino for two, and whole fried chicken with fixings highlight his menu.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2020

Dishes include grilled pork belly with corn succotash, bone-in short rib with blue cheese cremeux, and Atlantic trout with lentils and fennel butter.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2018

Sen. John Cornyn, the second-ranking Republican leader, found out about Lee’s defection after the White House dinner of rosemary-grilled rib eye and summer vegetable succotash.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2017

“Get it straight. She has to say succotash first. It wouldn’t be much of a code if you told her what it was.”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix