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noun
Candied citrus peel (or, less commonly, other preserves).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A sweetmeat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: candied fruit, crystallized fruit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confiture
Narrower terms: crystallized ginger, candied citrus peel
History
From Middle English socade, from Middle French succade (“sweet candied fruit”), sucrade, from Old Occitan sucrado (“sweet, sugary, sugared”), from past participle of sucra (“to sugar”), from sucre (“sugar”), from Old Italian zucchero. (See zucchero for additional etymology.)
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
