gean

gean

(ɡiːn)

n

1. (Plants) Also called: wild cherry a white-flowered rosaceous tree, Prunus avium, of Europe, W Asia, and N Africa, the ancestor of the cultivated sweet cherries

2. (Plants) See sweet cherry²

[C16: from Old French guine]

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Noun

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gean - wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting mazzard, mazzard cherry Prunus avium, sweet cherry - large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation

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