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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Pasta in ribbed, slightly curved, large-sized tubes.

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  • noun a ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved

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  • noun tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, from rigato, past participle of rigare, to draw a line, from riga, line, of Germanic origin.]

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