Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Spanish use, breadcrumbs used in a soup or mush.
  • noun In Peru, a dish consisting of a sweet mush made of various fruits; also, a kind of custard.
  • noun In Bolivia, a mud-flow or mud-slide.

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  • noun A traditional maize-based food of Latin America.

Etymologies

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Spanish, literally "Moor's dough".

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Examples

  • And the combinado classico, a parfait of rice pudding and a purple corn pudding called mazamorra morada - made with dried apricot, papaya and fresh pineapple -

    NYT > Home Page By DAVID M. HALBFINGER 2010

  • In addition, she manages a small business selling "mazamorra" (corn porridge) from her home in order to support her daughters.

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • Now that she lives in the city, she proposes selling "mazamorra" (a sweet cream from purple corn) in the afternoon hours.

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • (Lima) Beans and Delhi Cha (a) t: Peruvian dessert: mazamorra

    Peruvian dessert: mazamorra 2005

  • I love mazamorra morada too but the one I made at home was disapointing.

    Peruvian dessert: mazamorra 2005

  • And if there’s some mazamorra beside it, even better.

    Meme from the Two Worlds 2005

  • And if there’s some mazamorra beside it, even better.

    Archive 2005-12-01 2005

  • In addition, she sells mazamorra "(corn porridge) at the Nazarene Fair on Mondays.

    Kiva Loans 2010

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