frangipane
(noun) pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
frangipane (countable and uncountable, plural frangipanes)
(uncountable) A cream made from ground almonds used in confectionery
(countable) A pastry filled with this cream
Alternative form of frangipani (“type of perfume”)
Source: Wiktionary
Fran"gi*pane, n. Etym: [F. frangipane; supposed to be called so from the inventor, the Marquis Frangipani, major general under Louis XIV.]
1. A perfume of jasmine; frangipani.
2. A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
