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| 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] |
| concentrate |
something in concentrated form, such as juice or flavoring. [1/5 definitions] |
| frosting |
a sweet covering or filling for baked goods, often made of sugar, butter, and flavoring; icing. |
| gelatin |
a dessert made with gelatin, water, fruit juice or flavoring, and sugar. [1/2 definitions] |
| licorice |
a flavoring made from the root of this plant. [1/3 definitions] |
| mint1 |
a plant with a strong, pleasant smell whose leaves are used as a flavoring. Peppermint and spearmint are members of the mint family. [1/2 definitions] |
| onion |
a round bulb with a sharp taste and smell. Onions are used in cooking and as a flavoring. [1/2 definitions] |
| orangeade |
a soft drink made with orange juice or orange flavoring. |
| peppermint |
a kind of mint plant that has small pink or white flowers and is grown for its oil. Peppermint is used in medicine and as a flavoring for toothpaste, gum, and candy. [2/3 definitions] |
| pudding |
a soft, creamy, cooked dessert that is made with milk, flour, eggs, sugar, and flavoring. [1/3 definitions] |
| soda |
a drink made with a sweet flavoring and water that contains carbon dioxide. [1/3 definitions] |
| spearmint |
a common mint plant. Spearmint leaves produce an oil that is used for flavoring. |
| syrup |
a solution of sugar in water that contains medicine and flavoring. [1/2 definitions] |
| vanilla |
a tropical flower, a type of orchid, that bears a fruit used for flavoring. [3/4 definitions] |
| wintergreen |
a low evergreen found in eastern North America that bears white flowers and red berries. Oil from its leaves is used to make flavoring. [2 definitions] |
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