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[syn: cross bun, hot cross bun]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hot cross bun \hot" cross bun`\ (-b[u^]n`), n.
A bun or cake marked with a cross of icing, and intended to
be eaten on Good Friday; called also cross bun.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cross-bun \Cross"-bun`\ (-b[u^]n`), n.
A bun or cake marked with a cross of icing, and intended to
be eaten on Good Friday; also, called hot cross bun, even
when not hot.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hot cross bun
n 1: moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins
and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze
[syn: cross bun, hot cross bun]