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tamale definition

☆ ta·male (tə mä′lē)

noun

a Mexican dish consisting of cornmeal dough around a filling as of minced meat and red peppers, the whole then wrapped in corn husks or plantain leaves and cooked by baking, steaming, etc.

Etymology: MexSp tamal, pl. tamales < Nahuatl tamalli

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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