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fran⋅gi⋅pane

  [fran-juh-peyn]
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–noun
1. a kind of pastry cake, filled with cream, almonds, and sugar.
2. the filling used in such a pastry.
3. frangipani.
Origin:
1670–80; < F < It. See frangipani
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fran·gi·pan·i   (frān'jə-pān'ē, -pä'nē)   
n.   pl. fran·gi·pan·is

  1. Any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria, having milky sap and showy, fragrant, funnel-shaped, variously colored flowers. Also called temple tree.

  2. A perfume derived from or similar in scent to the flowers of one of these shrubs or trees.

  3. also fran·gi·pane (frān'jə-pān') A creamy pastry filling flavored with almonds.


[French frangipane, after Muzio Frangipani, 16th-century Italian marquis.]
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