simnel noun. ['sɪmn(ǝ)l] ME.
[Old French simenel (mod. dial. simnel), ult. from Latin simila, similago or Greek semidalis fine flour. Cf. SEMOLINA.]
1. A kind of bread made with fine flour and cooked by boiling or baking. obsolete exc. Hist. & dial. ME.

2. More fully simnel cake. A rich fruit cake with a marzipan layer on top and sometimes one inside, usually eaten at Easter or during Lent. M17.

3. = SIMLIN 1. US. M17.

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