Couscous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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