gean
Americannoun
noun
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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
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See sweet cherry
Etymology
Origin of gean
First recorded in 1525–35, gean is from the Middle French word guigne, of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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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
The cherry is increased by budding on the wild gean, obtained by sowing the stones of the small black or red wild cherries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
Dream f. people, race, gean m. humour, have their genitive like the nominative.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
For noo that life, which all hod dear, Is gean, alas!
From Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems by Frederic William Moorman
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 Frederic William Moorman
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