sugar-plum
See also: sugarplum and sugar plum
English
Alternative forms
- sugar plum
- sugarplum (US)
Noun
sugar-plum (plural sugar-plums)
- A round or oval sweet/piece of candy made of boiled sugar.
- (dated) A piece of flattery.
- Term of endearment: sweetheart, darling.
- Uapaca kirkiana, an southern African fruit tree.
- The fruit of this tree.
Synonyms
- boiled sweet (UK)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- sugar-plum chalk
- the Sugar Plum Fairy
- sugar-plum land
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