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jelly beans

jelly beans is the plural of jelly bean.

Meaning of jelly bean

Noun

jelly bean (plural jelly beans)

  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.2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, page 104
    Synonyms:
    jelly egg

Questions about jelly beans

What is jelly beans the plural of?
Jelly beans is the plural of jelly bean.

Words near jelly beans in the dictionary

  1. jells out
  2. jelly
  3. jelly babies
  4. jelly baby
  5. jelly bean
  6. jelly beans
  7. jelly bellies
  8. jelly belly
  9. jelly blubber
  10. jelly blubbers
  11. jelly bracelet

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