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Italian
Etymology
From Lombardic *kruska. Perhaps related to Swiss German Grüsch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkru.ska/
- Rhymes: -uska
- Hyphenation: crù‧sca
Noun
crusca f (plural crusche)
- bran
- Synonym: semola
- la farina del diavolo va tutta in crusca ― ill-gotten gains never prosper (literally, “the devil's flour all turns into bran”)
- separare la farina dalla crusca ― to separate the wheat from the chaff
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