Meaning of candy cane | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.
   Canada, US
2. A type of myco-heterotroph with a red and white striped stem (Allotropa virgata)

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“Candy canes only associate with matsutake, and their presence is as sure an indicator of a thriving matsutake fungus as a matsutake mushroom itself.”

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