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flan (flan, flän)

noun

  1. a piece of shaped metal ready to be made into a coin by the stamp of a die; blank
    1. a tart filled with custard, fruit, etc., or with a savory mixture
    2. a Spanish dessert of custard covered with a burnt-sugar syrup

Etymology: Fr < OFr flaon (> ME flawn, flan) < ML flado (gen. fladonis) < OHG, flat cake, akin to ME flathen: for IE base see flat

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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