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mooncake noun

  /ˈmunkeɪk/ , /ˈmuːnkeɪk/
  • A rich, dense Chinese pastry traditionally filled with lotus seed paste and nowadays with a variety of other fillings, usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar; early September to early October). [from late 17th c.]
 gâteau de lune
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