Macedoine a French term, which came into use towards the end of the 18th century, indicating a salad mixture of fruits or vegetables in small pieces; by analogy with Macedonia, the empire of Alexander the Great, composed of numerous disparate territories. The term is useful and has spread to other languages.
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