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brunion

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from French brugnon.

  1. borrowed from brugnon

Definitions

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

  2. A nectarine

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