"wedding soup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wedding soups [plural]
Etymology: A mistranslated calque of Italian minestra maritata (“married soup”), which refers to the “marriage” of the vegetables and the meat. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|it|minestra maritata||married soup|nocap=1}} calque of Italian minestra maritata (“married soup”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wedding soup (countable and uncountable, plural wedding soups)
  1. (US) An Italian-American soup consisting of green vegetables and meat in a chicken-based broth. Wikipedia link: wedding soup Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Soups Synonyms: Italian wedding soup

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