[ 'prα:li:n ]
■ noun a sweet substance made by boiling nuts in sugar and grinding the mixture, used especially as a filling for chocolates.
Origin
C18: from Fr., named after Marshal de Plessis- Praslin , the soldier whose cook invented it.
[ 'prα:li:n ]
■ noun a sweet substance made by boiling nuts in sugar and grinding the mixture, used especially as a filling for chocolates.
Origin
C18: from Fr., named after Marshal de Plessis- Praslin , the soldier whose cook invented it.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004