Definition of "huitlacoche" [huitlacoche]

• Variant of cuitlacoche. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The name huitlacoche (also cuitlacoche) comes from two indigenous words: cuitlatl (excrement) and cochi (sleeping)."
• "Flavors south of the border can also be found in omelets such as the MexiQ (chorizo, goat cheese, pinto beans, Mexican cream, pico de gallo ) and the devil corn omelet (corn fungus known as huitlacoche, cheddar, roasted corn, Mexican cream, pico de gallo)."
• "I swore I would not make any cooking stories in the heat of the summer, but ... fresh huitlacoche is available only as the corn crop matures."