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A cornstarch-based powder used as a thickener for foods like sauces and desserts. It is also used to make a traditional pudding called dulce de maicena or manjar, which is very popular in the region south of Lake Maracaibo (the large brackish lake in northwestern Venezuela).
We need to add Maicena to this sauce, it is nothing but water. Sweetie, you have some Maicena pudding in the fridge.
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Maicena is a brand of cornstarch used generically to refer to the starch itself or a sweet, warm porridge made with it.
Tonight his mom is going to prepare a Maicena for him.
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A food made from cornstarch, prepared with a pudding-like consistency and typically eaten for breakfast (Maicena is a brand name used generically for this thickened porridge).
"Mommy, I want vanilla Maicena" : "They only give my grandpa Maicena because he has no teeth anymore."
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