"spoon sweet" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spoon sweet.wav Forms: spoon sweets [plural]
Rhymes: -iːt Head templates: {{en-noun}} spoon sweet (plural spoon sweets)
  1. Fruit preserved in sugar syrup in the eastern Mediterranean, often served in a spoon as a gesture of hospitality. Categories (topical): Desserts, Sweets Categories (lifeform): Fruits Translations (preserved sweet): γλυκό του κουταλιού (glykó tou koutalioú) [neuter] (Greek)

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