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)

1. (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
• Italian: biscotto digestive m, biscotto digestivo m, biscotto semidolce m
• Swedish: digestivekex (sv) n