English

Noun

drumstick ‎(plural drumsticks)

1. A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.]
2. The second joint of the leg bone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. [from 17th c.]
3. (India) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods. [from 19th c.]
   • 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:

     She could imagine the taste of the tender drumstick seeds on her tongue.

Synonyms

• (chicken): chicken leg

Coordinate terms

• (chicken): chicken thigh, thigh

Related terms

• (chicken): drumette

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