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SEED CAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seed cake mean?
• SEED CAKE (noun)
The noun SEED CAKE has 1 sense:
1. a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon
Familiarity information: SEED CAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
seed cake; seedcake
Hypernyms ("seed cake" is a kind of...):
cake (baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat)
Meronyms (substance of "seed cake"):
caraway seed (aromatic seeds of the caraway plant; used widely as seasoning)
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