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Meaning of PRALINE

Pronunciation:  'prâleen

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans
 
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 See Also: candy

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pra"line\ (pr[aum]"l[=e]n), n. [F.]
A confection made of nut kernels, usually of almonds, roasted
in boiling sugar until brown and crisp.
      Bonbons, pralines, . . . saccharine, crystalline
      substances of all kinds and colors.      --Du Maurier.
 

 

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