"reindeer corn" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reindeer corn [plural], reindeer corns [plural]
Etymology: From the association of reindeer, who pull Santa Claus's sleigh, with Christmas. From the Christmas colors being red and green. From the coloring of this candy corn, white, red, and green, Christmas-y colors; and its time-limited release during the period around Christmas. From the shape of this candy, resembling corn. Head templates: {{en-noun|reindeer corn|reindeer corns}} reindeer corn (plural reindeer corn or reindeer corns)
  1. A limited-time Christmas candy, a red-green-white (or other sequence of these three colors) version of candy corn.
    Sense id: en-reindeer_corn-en-noun--zL2uMKI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reindeer, corn. Hypernyms: candy corn
    Sense id: en-reindeer_corn-en-noun-ucgtjta2
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