francesilla . ( In French , for having come from France). 1. f. annual plant of the family of the Buttercup, with radicals, petiolate, entire or cut leaves, stem central with leaves of three by three, divided into segments poles, Terminal flowers, large, very varied in colour and roots in small tubercles, grouped in a common Center. It is cultivated in gardens. 2. f. plum resembling the Damascene, much grown in the region of Tours, France. 3. f. very spongy mass, little boiled and elongated bun.