digestive biscuit

English

Etymology

The baking soda in the recipe was thought to have antacid properties and thus to aid digestion.

Noun

digestive biscuit (plural digestive biscuits)

(British, Ireland) A semisweet biscuit; sometimes dunked in tea, or crushed as the base of a cheesecake

Related terms

chocolate digestive

Translations

semisweet biscuit

Chinese:
Mandarin: 消化餅乾／消化饼干 (xiāohuà bǐnggān)
Finnish: digestiivikeksi
Irish: briosca caiscíneach m, briosca díleách m

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