confiture

con·fi·ture  (knf-chr)

n.

A confection, preserve, or jam.

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[French, from Old French, from confit, confection; see comfit.]

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Noun

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confiture - preserved or candied fruit confection, sweet - a food rich in sugar candied fruit, crystallized fruit, succade - fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals conserve, conserves, preserves, preserve - fruit preserved by cooking with sugar