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levain

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Borrowed from French levain.

noun levains

A starter dough for sourdough bread.
Similar: mother dough, mother sponge, starter dough

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@misc{levain_2026,
  title = {levain},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/levain},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}