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vermicelli

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ver=mi=cel=li

CIDE DICTIONARY

vermicellin. [It., pl. of vermicello, literally, a little worm, dim. of verme a worm, L. vermis. See Worm, and cf. Vermicule, Vermeil.].
     The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vermicelli, n.
1 pasta made in long slender threads.
2 shreds of chocolate used as cake decoration etc.

Etymology
It., pl. of vermicello dimin. of verme f. L vermis worm

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