jelly bean

See also: jellybean

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Noun

jelly bean (plural jelly beans)

  1. A small, bean-shaped, chewy candy/sweet with a firm coating and a jelly-like center, made of sugar, flavoring, coloring and sometimes starch or other thickener, and usually sold assorted in a wide variety of flavors and bright colors.
    • 2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, page 104:
      Ronalda had gotten these jelly beans special, from Lenox Square. They were all colors, pink with brown flecks, purple, orange. The flavors had exotic names like Piña Colada and Fig Leaf.

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  • jelly egg

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