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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An Italian ice cream having layers of different colors or flavors and often containing fruits and nuts.

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  • noun US An Italian style of ice cream dessert, usually with layers of different color and flavor.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, augmentative of spuma, foam, from Latin spūma.]

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From Italian spumone, from spuma ("foam").

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