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con·fi·ture

(kŏn′fĭ-cho͝or′)

A confection, preserve, or jam.

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

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confiture

(ˈkɒnfɪˌtjʊə)

(Cookery) a confection, preserve of fruit, etc

[C19: from French, from Old French confire to prepare, from Latin conficere to produce; see confect]

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con•fi•ture

(ˈkɒn fɪˌtʃʊər)

n.

a confection, esp. a fruit preserve.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French. See comfit, -ure]

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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

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