couscous

2 definitions found

couscous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Couscous \Cous"cous`\ (k??s"k??s`), n.
     A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of
     millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called
     also lalo.
     [1913 Webster]

couscous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  couscous
      n 1: a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists
           of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew
      2: a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed
         semolina