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- noun A typically
crusty round breadroll supposedlyinvented inVienna , made fromflour ,barm ,malt ,water , andsalt , and whose characteristicfeature is a five-spoked propeller - orpinwheel -like star on itsobverse .
Etymologies
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A calque of the German Kaisersemmel, from Kaiser ("emperor") + Semmel ("roll"), so named in honour of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.
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