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Melba sauce

American  

noun

  1. a clear raspberry sauce, used especially as a dessert topping.

Melba sauce British  

noun

  1. a sweet sauce made from fresh raspberries and served with peach melba, fruit sundaes, etc

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Etymology

Origin of Melba sauce

First recorded in 1950–55; named after N. Melba

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