jelly bean

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jelly bean

noun jelly beans · jellybean

  1. A small, bean-shaped, chewy candy/sweet with a firm coating and a jelly-like center, made of sugar, flavoring, coloring and sometimes starch or other thickener, and usually sold assorted in a wide variety of flavors and bright colors. Ronalda had gotten these jelly beans special, from Lenox Square. They were all colors, pink with brown flecks, purple, orange. The flavors had exotic names like Piña Colada and Fig Leaf.

    Similar: jelly egg

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noun small bean-shaped chewy candy

Españoljelly bean (yeli bin), confite, dragea (disused)
한국어젤리빈 jellibin
日本語ゼリービーンズ zerībīnzu
中文果凍豆 /果冻豆 guǒdòngdòu, 里根糖 lǐgēn-táng, 雷根糖 léigēn-táng
Portuguêsjujuba
FrançaisJelly Bean
DeutschGeleebonbon
Italianojelly belly
Русскийжеле́йный боб želéjnyj bob

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@misc{jelly_bean_2026,
  title = {jelly bean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jelly%20bean},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}