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  • noun 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.

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  • noun sugar-glazed jellied candy

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  • National Jelly Bean Day: April 22. Too bad if Easter has come and gone.

    November 8, 2007