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CANDIED FRUIT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals

Synonyms:

candied fruit; crystallized fruit; succade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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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