Definition of philopena
plural -s
1
: a game in which a man and woman who have shared the twin kernels of a nut each try to claim a gift from the other as a forfeit at their next meeting by fulfilling certain conditions (as by being the first to exclaim “philopena”) — called also
fillipeen
2 a
: a nut with two kernels
b
: a gift given as a forfeit
