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pinole

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pi⋅no⋅le

  [pi-noh-lee; Sp. pee-naw-le]
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–noun
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; < MexSp < Nahuatl pinolli flour, something ground

Pi⋅nole

  [pi-nohl]
–noun
a town in W California. 14,253.
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pi·no·le   (pĭ-nō'lē)   
n.  Meal made of ground corn or wheat and mesquite beans.

[American Spanish, from Nahuatl pinolli, mixture of vanilla powder, spices, and ground toasted chocolate beans.]
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