brunion

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noun

A hybrid of a plum and a peach.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounbrunion (plural brunions)

plural brunions

  1. A hybrid of a plum and a peach.

    But no sort of Brunions are in so much Esteem as their Peaches, because they do not quit their Stones.

    1724, Philip Miller, The Gardeners and Florists Dictionary, page 22
    1 more example

    The eldest Fairy put her finger into her mouth and whistled three times, then cried, 'Apricots, peaches, nectarines, brunions, cherries,[…]

    1855, Marie-Catherine Aulnoy, Fairy Tales, page 453

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Frenchbrugnon
  2. Frenchbrugnon
  3. Englishbrunion

Borrowed from French brugnon.

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