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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sweet dessert made of rice that is cooked in milk and often flavored with cinnamon, served either warm or chilled.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Spanish, rice with milk : arroz, rice (from Old Spanish, from Arabic aruzz, from Greek oruza; see rice) + con, with (from Old Spanish, from Latin cum; see cum) + leche, milk (from Old Spanish, from Latin lac); see melg- in Indo-European roots.]
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