: a coarse-textured ice confection typically made from fruit
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View Comments Top honors went to returning champions Japan, whose team put together a lemon, pear, marigold and chocolate granita in the shape of an Asanoha (hemp) leaf for their restaurant dessert entry.—Lilit Marcus, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025 And then closing out the first half palate cleanser, like a watermelon granita, and coffee and tea.—Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024 The variety’s stronger almond flavor is essential to the classic granita Assenza sells at his Caffè Sicilia in Noto.—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024 Freeze any leftover sorbet free-form and enjoy as a granita (scrape with a fork occasionally during freezing to keep it from becoming an icy block).—Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for granita
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Italian, from feminine of granito, past participle of granire
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