"Columbus egg" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Presumably in reference to the apocryphal story behind the egg of Columbus, since the eggs in this dish would have their ends crushed to allow them to stand upright like bowls.",
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    {
      "form": "Columbus eggs",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Eggs",
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      "glosses": [
        "A hard-boiled egg cut in half and filled with a mixture of its yolk with ham, cream, and nutmeg."
      ],
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          "hard-boiled",
          "hard-boiled"
        ],
        [
          "egg",
          "egg"
        ],
        [
          "yolk",
          "yolk"
        ],
        [
          "ham",
          "ham"
        ],
        [
          "cream",
          "cream"
        ],
        [
          "nutmeg",
          "nutmeg"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "egg of Columbus"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Columbus egg"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Presumably in reference to the apocryphal story behind the egg of Columbus, since the eggs in this dish would have their ends crushed to allow them to stand upright like bowls.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Columbus eggs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "egg of Columbus"
    }
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        "A hard-boiled egg cut in half and filled with a mixture of its yolk with ham, cream, and nutmeg."
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          "hard-boiled"
        ],
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          "egg",
          "egg"
        ],
        [
          "yolk",
          "yolk"
        ],
        [
          "ham",
          "ham"
        ],
        [
          "cream",
          "cream"
        ],
        [
          "nutmeg",
          "nutmeg"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Columbus egg"
}