panocha

The definition of panocha is a coarse sugar made in Mexico.

(noun)

The course Mexican sugar used to make Bunuelos (sweet fried breads), or Capa de Azucar Y Canela (a sugar coating for bunuelos) is an example of panocha.

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See panocha in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a coarse sugar made in Mexico
  2. penuche
    also panoche

Origin: AmSp < Sp pan, bread: see panada

See panocha in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A coarse grade of Mexican sugar.
  2. Variants of penuche.

Origin:

Origin: American Spanish

Origin: , probably from Spanish panoja, panocha, ear of grain, panicle

Origin: , from Latin pānicula; see panicle

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