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| applesauce |
a sweet sauce made by cooking apples until they are soft. |
| biscuit |
a small, round-shaped bread for one person made with baking powder or baking soda instead of yeast. Biscuits are not usually sweet. [2/3 definitions] |
| cake |
a sweet, baked food made of flour, eggs, sugar, and flavoring. Cakes can be made in the form of a loaf or layers. [1/4 definitions] |
| candy |
a sweet food made of sugar and flavorings such as chocolate or peppermint. [1/2 definitions] |
| carob |
a tree of the Mediterranean that has long, flat pods with a sweet pulp and hard seeds. [1/2 definitions] |
| cedar |
an evergreen tree of the pine family that bears cones. Cedars have strong wood with a sweet smell. [1/2 definitions] |
| cherry |
a kind of tree or shrub of the rose family grown for its showy flowers, its sweet or sour fruit, and for lumber. [1/4 definitions] |
| chestnut |
a nut that grows inside a prickly shell. It has a sweet taste. [1/4 definitions] |
| chewing gum |
a sweet and flavored gum for chewing. |
| chocolate |
a food substance that is made from ground cacao seeds. Chocolate is not sweet, but it is often used in candy and other sweet foods. It is also used in making certain kinds of sauces. [3/6 definitions] |
| chocolate milk |
cow's milk with sweet, chocolate-flavored syrup or chocolate powder added. |
| cookie |
a small, sweet, flat or ball-shaped cake baked from stiff dough. |
| Danish |
(informal) a light, flaky pastry that is made of raised dough, filled with cheese, fruit, or other sweet filling. Danishes are often criss-crossed with white icing. [1/3 definitions] |
| Danish pastry |
a light, flaky pastry that is made of raised dough, filled with cheese, fruit, or other sweet filling. Danish pastries are often criss-crossed with white icing. |
| date2 |
the sweet fruit of the date palm tree, which grows in the Middle East. |
| dessert |
a sweet food served at the end of a meal. |
| doughnut |
a small, sweet cake shaped like a ring, that has been fried in deep fat. |
| frosting |
a sweet covering or filling for baked goods, often made of sugar, butter, and flavoring; icing. |
| fruit |
the part of a plant that has seeds and flesh, such as apple or strawberry. Most fruits are sweet and can be eaten raw. |
| honey |
a thick, sweet liquid made from flower nectar by bees. It is yellow or brown. [2 definitions] |
| honeydew melon |
a melon with a smooth rind that is light green in color and that has sweet, green flesh. |
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