candy cane

English
candy canes (Allotropa virgata)

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkændi ˌkeɪn/
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Noun

candy cane (plural candy canes)

  1. (US, Canada) An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.
    Synonyms: peppermint stick, Santa's cane, sugar cane
  2. A type of myco-heterotroph with a red and white striped stem (Allotropa virgata)
    Synonym: candystick
    • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 174:
      Candy canes only associate with matsutake, and their presence is as sure an indicator of a thriving matsutake fungus as a matsutake mushroom itself.

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