n. A rice pudding flavored with cinnamon and sometimes raisins. [Spanish, rice with milk : arroz, rice (from Old Spanish, from Arabic aruzz, from Greek oruza; see RICE) + con, with (from Old Spanish, from Latin cum; see CUM) + leche, milk (from Old Spanish, from Latin lac); see melg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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