large hard grains of wheat pressed and used for making pasta and sweet dishes 麦糁，粗面粉（用以制作意大利面食和甜食） a sweet dish made from semolina and milk, eaten for dessert in the UK and for breakfast in the US 粗面粉布丁
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Italian semolino, diminutive of semola ‘bran’, from Latin simila ‘flour’.