mirliton
(noun)
noun
1. A pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote.
2. (music) The eunuch flute, a kind of membranophone.
3. An 18th-century hussar hat resembling a slightly conical shako or tall fez.
4. A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.