See Also: dita(dictionary)

linguine (iou) and dita (iou)


linguine (iou)



linguine noun pl. M20.
[Italian, pl. of linguina dim. of lingua tongue from Latin.]
Pasta in the form of tongue-shaped ribbons; an Italian dish consisting largely of this and usu. a sauce.

dita (iou)



dita noun. L19.
[Tagalog dita.]
A tall evergreen tree of the Old World tropics, Alstonia scholaris (family Apocynaceae); (more fully dita bark) the bark of this, which yields an antimalarial substance.