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dragon's beard candy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
drag-on's beard -can-dy
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Chinese sweet similar to halva or cotton candy made from fine white sugar, peanuts, desiccated coconut, white sesame seeds, corn syrup and glutinous rice flour.

Uncountable

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 龍鬚糖／龙须糖 (lóngxūtáng).

Usage

Questions

What does dragon's beard candy mean?
A traditional Chinese sweet similar to halva or cotton candy made from fine white sugar, peanuts, desiccated coconut, white sesame seeds, corn syrup and glutinous rice flour.
Where does dragon's beard candy come from?
Calque from Chinese 龍鬚糖／龙须糖 (lóngxūtáng).

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