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CANDIED FRUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does candied fruit mean? 

CANDIED FRUIT (noun)
  The noun CANDIED FRUIT has 1 sense:

1. fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystalsplay

  Familiarity information: CANDIED FRUIT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CANDIED FRUIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

candied fruit; crystallized fruit; succade

Hypernyms ("candied fruit" is a kind of...):

confiture (preserved or candied fruit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "candied fruit"):

crystallized ginger (strips of gingerroot cooked in sugar syrup and coated with sugar)

candied citrus peel (strips of citrus peel cooked in a sugar syrup)


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