Seminole bread
- noun
- US
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pan seminole
- The roots of Seminole bread were used by the indigenous people to make a nourishing starch.
Examples
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Some local dishes incorporate starch extracted from Seminole bread.
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The Seminole bread is a traditional food in Florida.
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We learned about Seminole bread while studying traditional foods of Florida.
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Many people enjoy Seminole bread for its unique flavor.
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The roots of Seminole bread provide a key ingredient for various dishes in Florida.
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During our culinary class, we learned how to prepare a dish using Seminole bread starch.
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Native Floridians have historically relied on Seminole bread for its nutritious starch content.
Synonyms
A small tough plant from Florida and the Caribbean with roots that make edible starch
A tropical plant from Florida and nearby islands whose roots make a starchy flour
A small woody plant like a palm whose tough roots people use to make arrowroot
Surface Forms
Morphology
Seminole + bread
A B1 learner who knows 'Seminole' (a people) and 'bread' (a food) would likely infer this refers to an edible item associated with the Seminole, so the general semantic field (food/food-source) is recoverable. However, the specific referent — a woody plant whose roots yield arrowroot starch rather than a loaf of bread — is not fully predictable from the constituents, so the meaning is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Seminole bread gets its name from the Seminole people and the way they used the plant as food. They made a white 'starch' from the roots and used it like 'flour' to bake simple cakes or 'bread', so the plant came to be called Seminole bread.
