panocha


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pa·no·cha

 (pə-nō′chə) also pa·no·che (-chē)
n.
1. A coarse grade of Mexican sugar.
2. Variants of penuche.

[American Spanish, probably from Spanish panoja, panocha, ear of grain, panicle, from Latin pānicula; see panicle.]
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panocha

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panoche

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penuche

n
1. (Cookery) a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico
2. (Cookery) (in the US) a sweet made from brown sugar and milk, often with chopped nuts
[Mexican Spanish, diminutive of Spanish pan bread, from Latin pānis]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.panocha - fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts
fudge - soft creamy candy
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References in periodicals archive ?
Bananas and sweet potatoes are sliced, fried and served with panocha and bilo-bilo.
In hot summer months, the refreshing drink of choice was gulaman (gelatin cubes) and sago (tapioca pearls) in iced water sweetened with brown sugar (panocha) syrup accented with dashes of lemon essence or vanilla.
Conant -- Ono (Matusiak), Panocha (Maravillo), Matusiak (Flores), Zarate (PK).
me lo teni, primero un rojo panocha que me devolvia una imagen grotesca cuando me miraba en el espejo, y despues un rubio ceniza que me hacia parecer una prostituta vieja.
In the last two movements, it is even fitting, as it allows their rendition to stand its ground next to the sonically rarefied creation by the Panocha Quartet and Andras Schiff (Warner Classics, 1997), as well as the spectacular and sonically opulent live recording by Faust, Poppen, Tetzlaff and Vogt (EMI Classics, 2000).
There are 50 different names for sugar and here are just some of the more obscure; Barley malt, cane juice crystals, crystalline fructose, dextran, dextrose, diastase, ethyl maltol, evaporated cane juice, maltodextrin, maltose, mannitol and panocha.
(La Angry Xicana touches her right breast.) Jota, tortillera, lesbiana, marimacha, manflora, chocha comelona, panocha pocha-y que?!" (Anthony, Las Hociconas 5).