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rock candy

NOUN
hard sugary candy
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The tart fruit lingered on the palate like rock candy.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2021

X-ray crystallography saturates proteins in a salt bath solution until they form crystals akin to rock candy.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 31, 2020

At first, I modeled in a schematic stem, so the spike looked a bit like a rock candy lollipop.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 25, 2020

It looks as if she has grown her own rock candy.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2017

Cora’s grandmother saw a little boy among the gawkers eating rock candy and wondered what he was putting in his mouth.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead


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