semolina

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sem=o=li=na

CIDE DICTIONARY

semolina, n. [It. semolino, from semola bran, L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf. Semoule, Simnel.].

 The purified fine, hard parts of durum wheat, derived mostly from the endosperm, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, -- used in cookery, such as in the preparation of Italian pasta.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

semolina, n.
1 the hard grains left after the milling of flour, used in puddings etc. and in pasta.
2 a pudding etc. made of this.

Etymology

It. semolino dimin. of semola bran f. L simila flour