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chili con carne definition

☆ chili con carne (c̸hil′ē kän kär′nē)

a highly seasoned Tex-Mex dish of ground or chopped beef, chilies or chili powder, and other spices, and often, beans and tomatoes

Etymology: < MexSp chile con carne, lit., red pepper with meat

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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