Tamale
WordNet
noun
(1) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
(2) A city in northern Ghana
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various material (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.
Etymology
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Noun
- tamale (nonstandard form of tamal used by Latinos in the U.S.)