Usually means: Striped, mint-flavored holiday sweet treat.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. candy cane: Merriam-Webster
  2. candy cane: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. candy cane: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. candy cane: Collins English Dictionary
  5. candy cane: Vocabulary.com
  6. candy-cane: Wordnik
  7. candy cane: Wiktionary
  8. candy cane: Dictionary.com
  9. Candy Cane, Candy cane: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. candy cane: Rhymezone
  11. candy cane: FreeDictionary.org
  12. candy cane: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. candy cane: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. candy cane: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. candy cane: Linda's Culinary Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Candy cane, The Candy Cane, candy cane: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (candy cane)

noun:  (US, Canada) An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.
noun:  A type of myco-heterotroph with a red and white striped stem (Allotropa virgata)

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