(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:01:33

Sem`o*li"na (?), n. [It. semolino, from semola bran, L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf. Semoule, Simnel.]

The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, -- used in cookery.

 

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