anelloni

noun

Etymology: Based on Italian anello (“ring”).

1. A type of pasta similar to rigatoni but with ridges on the inside.

   “The pièce de résistance, though, is a dried tubular pasta called anelloni, a fashion-forward shape that dares to wear its sauce-clinging ridges on the inside of the loop instead of on the outside”

2. A type of pasta developed to investigate ring-shaped polymers.

   “So we decided to create our own "ring spaghetti" — or "anelloni" as we've decided to call it (anello in Italian meaning "ring").”