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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cordial made by redistilling spirit in which have been macerated orange-peel and the kernels of fruits, such as peaches and apricots, the product of distillation being sweetened and diluted.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots since the early nineteenth century.

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French, see below.

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