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macaroon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun macaroon has 1 sense
- macaroon(n = noun.food) - chewy cookie usually containing almond paste; is a kind of biscuit, cookie, cooky
has particulars: ratafia, ratafia biscuit, coconut macaroon
CIDE DICTIONARY
macaroon, n. [F. macaron, It. maccherone. See Macaroni.].
- A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds or coconut, and sugar. [1913 Webster]
- A finical fellow, or macaroni. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
macaroon, n. a small light cake or biscuit made with white of egg, sugar, and ground almonds or coconut.
Etymology
F macaron f. It. (as MACARONI)
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