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madeleine definition

mad·eleine (mad′'l in)

noun

a type of small, rich cake baked in a shell-shaped mold

Etymology: Fr, ? after Madeleine Paulnier, 19th-c. Fr cook

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