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SEEDCAKE

Dictionary entry overview: What does seedcake mean?

• SEEDCAKE (noun)
The noun SEEDCAKE has 1 sense:

1. a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon

Familiarity information: SEEDCAKE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SEEDCAKE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

seed cake; seedcake

Hypernyms ("seedcake" is a kind of...):

cake (made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs)

Meronyms (substance of "seedcake"):

caraway seed (aromatic seeds of the caraway plant; used widely as seasoning)

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