Al-phēn'ie, n.

n. [Fr. alfénic, alphénic, alphéniz, Sp. alfénique, Pg. alféim, Ar. al-fénid, sweetness, sugar; Per. fānid and pānid, sugar, cheese preserved in sugar; fānid and pānid, sugar-candy, a kind of sweetmeat; Fr. pénide, N. Lat. penidium, Ger. penidzucker, paniszucker.] (Med.) The crystallized juice of the sugar-cane; sugar-candy.