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focaccia

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fo⋅cac⋅cia

[foh-kah-chuh]
–noun, plural -cias.
a large, round, flat Italian bread, sprinkled before baking with olive oil, salt, and often herbs.

Origin:
1975–80; < It < LL focacia (neut. pl.), der. of L focus hearth, perh. with -āceus -aceous
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n.  A flat Italian bread traditionally flavored with olive oil and salt and often topped with herbs, onions, or other items.

[Italian, hearth-cake, from Vulgar Latin *focācea, from variant of Late Latin focācia, of the hearth, feminine of focācius, from Latin focus, hearth.]
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