sultana
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sul·ta·na /sʌlˈtɑːnə $ -ˈtænə/ noun [countable] 1. DF British English a small pale raisin (=dried fruit) without seeds, used in baking 〔做糕饼用的〕无籽小葡萄干 SYN American English golden raisin2. PGOthe wife, mother, or daughter of a sultan 苏丹的女眷〔指其妻子、母亲或女儿〕
Examples from the Corpus
sultana• Meanwhile, marinate the almonds, sultanas and peel in the rum for 30 minutes.• Place in a bowl with walnuts and sultanas.• Crisp filo pastry slices are filled with bramley apple, sultanas, and black cherry with kirsch and must be served warm.• Curry Bakes - curry sauce with minced beef, sultanas, coconut and diced bananas.• Arabian Night - mix together chilli con carne, mango chutney, sultanas and chopped walnuts. 2.• In tins: tomatoes, tuna, apricots, mixed beans, plus sultanas, and a selection of rice and pasta.• Superb apple pie with sultanas and cloves, interspersed with crusty bread sandwiches of every description.Origin sultana (1500-1600) Italian sultano “sultan”, from Arabic sultan; → SULTANsul·ta·na nounChineseSyllable
Corpus used a small seeds, without fruit) (=dried pale raisin
sultana
sul‧ta‧na /sʌlˈtɑːnə $ -ˈtænə/
noun [countable]1. British English a small pale raisin (=dried fruit) without seeds, used in baking
SYN golden raisin American English
2. the wife, mother, or daughter of a sultan
sul‧ta‧na /sʌlˈtɑːnə $ -ˈtænə/
noun [countable]1. British English a small pale raisin (=dried fruit) without seeds, used in baking SYN golden raisin American English
2. the wife, mother, or daughter of a sultan