Fraughan

//ˈfɹɒhən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus). Ireland

    "Unlike the Wicklow Gold Mines at Mount Croughan, / Where thrives that Lilliputian Tree, the Fraughan."

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bilberry

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"Unlike the Wicklow Gold Mines at Mount Croughan, / Where thrives that Lilliputian Tree, the Fraughan."

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish fraochán (“blueberry, bilberry”).

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