NOYAU

Etymology

Noun

noyau (plural noyaus)

A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots since the early nineteenth century.

(ethology) A social structure where individual animals live alone, but each male's territory overlaps with those of several females.

Source: Wiktionary


Noy`au", n. Etym: [F., prop., the stone or nut of a fruit, fr. L. nucalis like a nut. See Newel a post.]

Definition: A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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