a mixture of fruits or vegetables, often served as a salad.
a medley.
a hot or cold mixture of diced vegetables
a mixture of fruit served in a syrup or in jelly
any mixture; medley
1810–20; < French, after Macédoine Macedonia, probably an allusion to the variety of peoples in the region
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My interpretation of the latter was a fruit macédoine, a salad of finely diced fruit.
From Slate • Nov. 8, 2018
Boars' heads, meat pies, salade macédoine, coeur de palmier, hollandaise were washed down with magnums and quarts of Irroy brut, 1900, Pol Roger, Chambertin, graceful Bohemian crystal goblets of Liebfraumilch and Johannisberger Schloss-Auslese.
From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl
It is not necessary to pass anything whatever with melon or grapefruit, or a macédoine of fruit, or a canapé.
From Etiquette by Post, Emily
There never was a more curious macédoine than this story.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
Cover the bottom of a plate with macaroni and cover this first layer with grated cheese and with some vegetables in macédoine, that is, chopped fine and fried brown with butter.
From The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well by Gentile, Maria
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