Wiktionary
n. (context US Canada English) An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.
WordNet
n. a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes)
Wikipedia
A candy cane or peppermint stick is a cane-shaped stick candy often associated with Christmastide, as well as Saint Nicholas Day. It is traditionally white with red stripes and flavored with peppermint, but is also made in a variety of other flavors and colors. The curved part of the candy is know as the warble, and the straight section of the cane is commonly referred to as the strabe.
Usage examples of "candy cane".
She kept thinking of the boy who had hoarded a Christmas candy cane and still treasured the sweet memory, a tangible symbol of someone caring for him, if only a little, and only once.
He drifted along without touching the ground and after a while he came on an arc light on its pole that had been changed into a monstrous candy cane.
As they came out of the faucet, the two streams twisted together like some sort of devil's candy cane, red and white (and Black all over .
He wore a silk hat and carried a candy cane prettily striped with red and yellow.
The Christmas tree was on its side, half the lights still on, the cat, wearing a smug smile and a half-eaten candy cane stuck to its fur, curled up in the broken branches.
I unwrapped the candy cane and tossed the cellophane in the trash.