gean

American  

[geen] / gin /

noun

1. heart cherry.

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gean British  

/ ɡiːn /

noun

1. 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. See sweet cherry

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Etymology

Origin of gean

First recorded in 1525–35, gean is from the Middle French word guigne, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Alder and ash are the main tree species but there are also bird cherry and hazel and small numbers of wych elm, gean, holly, rowan and elder.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2014

For noo that life, which all hod dear, Is gean, alas!

From Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems by Moorman, Frederic William

If Can'lemas day be murk an' foul, Ya hauf o' t' winter's gean at Yule.

From Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems by Moorman, Frederic William

You will know the place by the gean trees.'

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John

Noo stright they went to Bethlehem, Wheer oor sweet Saviour lay; They fan' him iv a manger, Wheer oxen fed on hay, To seave wer sowls fra Sattan's power; Lang taam we've gean astray.

From Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems by Moorman, Frederic William