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The restaurant’s version of a bandeja paisa, the unofficial national dish of Colombia, includes carne asada, chicharrón, rice, a fried egg, avocado, maduros, and a white-corn arepa.—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023 Smoking ribs in your backyard for hours, while drinking and smoking a fine maduro cigar, isn’t about political commentary.—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2019
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, from maduro ripe, from Latin maturus — more at mature
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