Brunion

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hybrid of a plum and a peach.

    "But no sort of Brunions are in so much Esteem as their Peaches, because they do not quit their Stones."

  2. 2
    A nectarine

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nectarinenectarine

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"But no sort of Brunions are in so much Esteem as their Peaches, because they do not quit their Stones."

Etymology

Borrowed from French brugnon.

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