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gean

[geen]
noun
  1. heart cherry.
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Origin of gean

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

  • The "geans" grew thick in Scotland, and they were black ripe now.

    Highways and Byways in The Border

    Andrew Lang

  • The Greeks had learned the art of trading from the geans who had been the pupils of the Phnicians.

    The Story of Mankind

    Hendrik Van Loon

  • In the time of Egyptian supremacy they called their country Asi, and this name inclines one to connect the people with the geans.

  • And when he had learned everything the geans could teach him he turned upon his teachers and drove them back to their islands.

    The Story of Mankind

    Hendrik Van Loon

  • We have to reconstruct the record of their adventures from the ruins which the geans have left behind.

    The Story of Mankind

    Hendrik Van Loon

British Dictionary definitions for geans

gean

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 (def. 2)
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Word Origin for gean

C16: from Old French guine
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