frangipane

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Noun
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fran=gi=pane

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun frangipane has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

frangipanen. [F. frangipane; supposed to be called so from the inventor, the Marquis Frangipani, major general under Louis XIV.].
  •  A perfume of jasmine; frangipani.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

frangipane, n.
1 a an almond-flavoured cream or paste. b a flan filled with this.
2 = FRANGIPANI.

Etymology
F prob. f. Marquis Frangipani, 16th-c. It. inventor of the perfume

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