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Vermicelli

Vermicelli Meaning & Definition
Vermicelli Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vermicelli?

[n] pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti

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See Also | alimentary paste | pasta

Vermicelli In Webster's Dictionary

\Ver`mi*cel"li\, n. [It., pl. of vermicello, literally, a little worm, dim. of verme a worm, L. vermis. See {Worm}, and cf. {Vermicule}, {Vermeil}.] The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni.

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