seedcake

[ seed-keyk ]

noun
  1. a sweet cake containing aromatic seeds, usually caraway.

Origin of seedcake

1
First recorded in 1565–75; seed + cake

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How to use seedcake in a sentence

  • "There's always plenty of seed-cake here," whispered the duke, finding a place beside Nina at tea.

    The Tigress | Anne Warner
  • He accepts a glass of the grape juice and an anise-seed cake, for this plant is grown in Malta for export.

    Miss Caprice | St. George Rathborne
  • The export of cotton seed cake instead of meal had greatly increased since 1904.

  • Come in from the garden and offer your new little English sister a seed cake.

    Boys and Girls of Colonial Days | Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
  • It is a product of the cotton oil factories and is obtained by grinding the cotton seed cake from which the oil has been pressed.

    The First Book of Farming | Charles L. Goodrich

British Dictionary definitions for seedcake

seedcake

/ (ˈsiːdˌkeɪk) /


noun
  1. a sweet cake flavoured with caraway seeds and lemon rind or essence

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