"digestive biscuit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: digestive biscuits [plural]
Etymology: The baking soda in the recipe was thought to have antacid properties and thus to aid digestion. Head templates: {{en-noun}} digestive biscuit (plural digestive biscuits)
  1. (Britain, Ireland) A semisweet biscuit; sometimes dunked in tea, or crushed as the base of a cheesecake Wikipedia link: digestive biscuit Tags: Britain, Ireland Categories (topical): Tea Related terms: chocolate digestive Translations (semisweet biscuit): 消化餅乾 (Chinese Mandarin), 消化饼干 (xiāohuà bǐnggān) (Chinese Mandarin), digestiivikeksi (Finnish), briosca caiscíneach [masculine] (Irish), briosca díleách [masculine] (Irish)

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