panocha

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noun (1)

pa·​no·​cha pə-ˈnō-chə 

less common variant of penuche

: fudge made usually of brown sugar, butter, cream or milk, and nuts

penuche

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noun (2)

pe·​nu·​che pə-ˈnü-chē 

variants or less commonly panocha

pə-ˈnō-chə 

: fudge made usually of brown sugar, butter, cream or milk, and nuts

Examples of panocha in a Sentence

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Noun

Along with some of the more typical flavors including milk chocolate and peanut butter, the Nutmeg has butterbeer, cheesecake, buckeye, penuche, tiger butter and milk walnut. —Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2022

Word History

Etymology

Noun (2)

Mexican Spanish panocha raw sugar, from Spanish, ear of maize, ultimately from Latin panicula panicle — more at panicle

First Known Use

Noun (2)

1871, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for panocha

• caccia
• dacha
• gotcha