Definition of: philopena

(fil′ə·pē′nə) noun
1. A game in which anyone finding a nut with twin kernels shares it with another person. The one who first says philopena when next they meet receives a forfeit from the other.
2. The twin kernels shared.
3. The gift made as a forfeit. Often spelled fillipeen. Also phil′lip·pine, phil′li·peen′er. [Appar. <Du. phillipine, alter. of G vielliebchen very dear <viel much + liebchen, dim. of liebe love]