sugar-plum

See also: sugarplum and sugar plum

English

Alternative forms

• sugar plum
• sugarplum (US)

Pronunciation

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Noun

sugar-plum (plural sugar-plums)

1. A round or oval sweet/piece of candy made of boiled sugar.
2. (dated) A piece of flattery.
3. Term of endearment: sweetheart, darling.
4. Uapaca kirkiana, an southern African fruit tree.
5. The fruit of this tree.
6. (intransitive, colloquial, idiomatic): to daydream

Synonyms

• boiled sweet (UK)

Coordinate terms

• comfit

Derived terms

• sugar-plum chalk
• the Sugar Plum Fairy
• sugar-plum land