单词 | praline |
释义 | praline /prah"leen, pray"-, prah leen"/, n. 1. a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut. 2. a cookie-size confection made esp. of butter, brown sugar, and pecans: developed in New Orleans in the early 19th century. 3. a similar confection of nuts mixed or covered with chocolate, coconut, maple sugar or syrup, etc. [1715-25; < F; named after Marshall César du Plessis-Praslin (1598-1675), whose cook invented them] |
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