Meanings
plural candy canes · alternative candycane
- CanadaUSAn edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.
Synonyms: peppermint stick, Santa's cane, sugar cane
- A type of myco-heterotroph with a red and white striped stem (Allotropa virgata).
Candy canes only associate with matsutake, and their presence is as sure an indicator of a thriving matsutake fungus as a matsutake mushroom itself.
2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 174Synonyms: candystick
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.
nounA type of myco-heterotroph with a red and white striped stem (Allotropa virgata).
Translations
Catalan bastó de caramel
- bastó de caramelcandy in the shape of a cane
Chinese Mandarin 拐杖糖
- 拐杖糖 (guǎizhàng táng)candy in the shape of a cane
Dutch zuurstok
- zuurstokcandy in the shape of a cane
Estonian pulgakomm
- pulgakommcandy in the shape of a cane
Finnish karkkitanko, piparminttukaramelli
- karkkitankocandy in the shape of a cane
- piparminttukaramellicandy in the shape of a cane
- tikkunekkucandy in the shape of a cane
French sucre d'orge, canne de bonbon
- sucre d'orgecandy in the shape of a cane
- canne de bonboncandy in the shape of a cane
- canne de Noëlcandy in the shape of a cane
German Zuckerstange
- Zuckerstangecandy in the shape of a cane
Hebrew מַקֵּל סַבָּא
- מַקֵּל סַבָּא (makél sába)candy in the shape of a cane
Hungarian cukorpálca
- cukorpálcacandy in the shape of a cane
Indonesian permen tongkat
- permen tongkatcandy in the shape of a cane
Irish maide milis, cána candaí
- maide miliscandy in the shape of a cane
- cána candaícandy in the shape of a cane
Italian bastoncino di zucchero
- bastoncino di zuccherocandy in the shape of a cane
Japanese キャンディーケイン, キャンディケイン
- キャンディーケイン (kyandī kein)candy in the shape of a cane
- キャンディケイン (kyandi kein)candy in the shape of a cane
- キャンディ棒 (kyandibō)candy in the shape of a cane
Korean 캔디 케인
- 캔디 케인 (kaendi kein)candy in the shape of a cane
Polish laska cukrowa
- laska cukrowacandy in the shape of a cane
Portuguese bastão de doces, bengala doce
- bastão de docescandy in the shape of a cane
- bengala docecandy in the shape of a cane
Russian караме́льная трость, караме́льная па́лочка
- караме́льная трость (karamélʹnaja trostʹ)candy in the shape of a cane
- караме́льная па́лочка (karamélʹnaja páločka)candy in the shape of a cane
Spanish bastón de caramelo
- bastón de caramelocandy in the shape of a cane
Swedish polkagris
- polkagriscandy in the shape of a cane
Tagalog kending baston, kending tungkod
- kending bastoncandy in the shape of a cane
- kending tungkodcandy in the shape of a cane
Ukrainian караме́льна па́личка
- караме́льна па́личка (karamélʹna pályčka)candy in the shape of a cane
Welsh ffon gandi
- ffon gandicandy in the shape of a cane
Cite this entry
candy cane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candy%20cane
“candy cane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candy%20cane. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “candy cane,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candy%20cane.
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