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mad·e·leine  (md-ln)
n.
A small rich cake, baked in a shell-shaped mold.
[After Madeleine Paulmier, 19th-century French pastry cook.]
madeleine [ˈmædəlɪn -ˌleɪn]
n
(Cookery) a small fancy sponge cake
[perhaps after Madeleine Paulmier, French pastry cook]
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