"jelly bean" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jelly beans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Sweets Synonyms: jelly egg, jellybean [US, especially] Derived forms: gourmet jelly bean, gourmet jellybean, peachy keen jelly bean, jellybean [adjective] Translations (small bean-shaped chewy candy): 果凍豆 (Chinese Mandarin), 果冻豆 (guǒdòngdòu) (Chinese Mandarin), jelly bean (Finnish), Jelly Bean [masculine] (French), Geleebonbon [neuter] (German), kacang jeli (Indonesian), jelly belly [feminine] (Italian), ゼリービーンズ (zerībīnzu) (Japanese), 젤리빈 (jellibin) (Korean), jujuba (Portuguese), желе́йный боб (želéjnyj bob) [masculine] (Russian), jeelie bean (Scots), Jelly Bean [masculine] (Spanish), เจลลี่บีน (jàyllêebeen) (Thai)

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