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ri⋅cot⋅ta

  [ri-kot-uh, -kaw-tuh; It. ree-kawt-tah]
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–noun
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
Origin:
1875–80; < It < L recocta, fem. of recoctus, ptp. of recoquere to re-cook. See re-, cook 1
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ri·cot·ta   (rĭ-kŏt'ə)   
n.  

  1. A soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.

  2. A similar soft cheese made in the United States.


[Italian, from Latin recocta, feminine past participle of recoquere, to cook again : re-, re- + coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]
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