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framboise

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fram⋅boise

[frahn-bwaz]
–noun, plural fram⋅boises [frahn-bwaz] . French.
1. raspberry.
2. crème de framboise.
3. a brandy distilled from raspberries.
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framboise 
1578, from Fr. framboise "raspberry" (12c.), usually explained as a corruption of Du. braambezie (cognate with Ger. brombeere "blackberry," lit. "bramble-berry"). "But some French scholars doubt this" [OED].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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