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suc⋅co⋅tash

  [suhk-uh-tash]
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–noun
a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, esp. lima beans, and, often, with green and sweet red peppers.
Origin:
1745–55, Americanism; < Narragansett (E sp.) msíckquatash boiled whole kernels of corn (c. Eastern Abenaki (F sp.) mesikoutar, equiv. to Proto-Algonquian *mes- whole + *-i⋅nkw- eye (hence, kernel) + *-ete⋅- be cooked (+ -w-) + *-ali pl. suffix)
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suc·co·tash   (sŭk'ə-tāsh')   
n.  A stew consisting of kernels of corn, lima beans, and tomatoes.

[Narragansett msíckquatash, boiled whole-kernel corn.]
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succotash 
1751, from Algonquian (Narragansett) misickqatash "ear of corn," "of which divergent evolutions are given" [OED].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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