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calissons

calissons is the plural of calisson.

Meaning of calisson

Noun

calisson (plural calissons)

  1. A Provençal diamond-shaped confection made with ground almonds.
    • A crème brûlée into which had been blitzed those Provençal iced-marzipan biscuits called "calisson" was a crème brûlée adulterated.2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022

Questions about calissons

What is calissons the plural of?
Calissons is the plural of calisson.

Words near calissons in the dictionary

  1. Calisch
  2. Calise
  3. Calises
  4. Calisher
  5. calisson
  6. calissons
  7. Calista
  8. Calister
  9. calistheneum
  10. calisthenic
  11. calisthenical

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