[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A kind of coarse brown sugar used especially in Mexico.

- A kind of sweet similar to fudge, made with brown sugar, butter, milk or cream, and (usually) nuts. More fully "penuche fudge".


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Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Californian. From Mexican Spanish panoche, specialized use of Spanish panocha, variant of panoja from classical Latin pānicula