Definition of hominies Hominies

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  • hominies (Noun)
    Plural of hominy.

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  • hominies, noun, plural of hominy.

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Plural: hominies

hominy - hulled corn with the bran and germ removed
  edible corn, corn something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"
  lye hominy hominy prepared by bleaching in lye
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  • hominy (Noun)
    A food made from hulled corn maize kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.

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  • hominy (n.)
    Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.

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  • hominy
    hom′i-ni, n. maize hulled, or hulled and crushed, boiled with water: a kind of Indian-corn porridge. [American Indian auhuminea.]

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