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

Ratafia is similarly manufactured, also by preference from a gean.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

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

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

That glossy shade o' thine, awd hat, That glossy shade o' thine, At graced thy youthful days is gean, Which maks me noo repine.

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