"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 & green, Christmas-y colors; and its time-limited release during the period around Christmas. From the shape of this candy, resembling corn. Etymology templates: {{l|en|reindeer}} reindeer, {{l|en|Santa Claus}} Santa Claus, {{l|en|Christmas}} Christmas, {{l|en|red}} red, {{l|en|green}} green, {{l|en|candy corn}} candy corn, {{l|en|candy}} candy, {{l|en|corn}} 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  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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