1. a small round candy made of sugar
2. a term of endearment for someone beloved
Usage: informal

Examples

• The children received sugarplums as Christmas treats.
• Grandmother’s jar was filled with colorful sugarplums.
• The ballet featured dancing sugarplum fairies.
• He called his daughter his little sugarplum.
• The old-fashioned candy shop sold traditional sugarplums.
• She dreamed of sugarplums dancing in her head.
• The recipe called for making sugarplums with nuts and dried fruit.