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Noun: dragée  draa'zhey or 'draa,zhey
  1. Sugar-coated nut or fruit piece
    "The wedding favours included small bags of almond dragées"
     
  2. Silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes
    "The birthday cake was adorned with silver dragées"
     
  3. Pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy
    "She preferred taking her vitamins as dragées"

Derived forms: dragées

Type of: candy, confect, lolly [Austral, NZ], lozenge, pill, sweet [Brit], sweetie [Brit, informal], tab, tablet

Encyclopedia: Dragée