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macedoine

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mac⋅é⋅doine

  [mas-i-dwahn]
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–noun
1. a mixture of fruits or vegetables, often served as a salad.
2. a medley.
Origin:
1810–20; < F, after Macédoine Macedonia, prob. an allusion to the variety of peoples in the region
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mac·é·doine   (mās'ə-dwän')   
n.  

  1. A mixture of finely cut vegetables or fruits, sometimes jellied, and served as a salad, a dessert, or an appetizer.

  2. A mixture; a medley.


[French, from Macédoine, Macedonia (perhaps from the variety of races there).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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