Word Study
couscous
CIDE DICTIONARY
couscous, n.
A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also lalo . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
couscous, n. a N. African dish of wheat grain or coarse flour steamed over broth, often with meat or fruit added.
Etymology
F f. Arab. kuskus f. kaskasa to pound
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