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framboise
/frɒmˈbwɑːz/
noun
1 (in cooking) a raspberry.
1.1 mass noun A white brandy distilled from fermented raspberry juice.
Origin
French, ‘raspberry’, from a conflation of Latin fraga ambrosia ‘ambrosial strawberry’.
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Frank always added raspberries to his sundae instead of the more common strawberry. "Framboise avant fraise" was his culinary motto.
