Maris

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Name component for agricultural plant varieties

    "wheat: Maris Widgeon, Maris Huntsman, etc"

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"wheat: Maris Widgeon, Maris Huntsman, etc"

Etymology

From Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge (the founding site of Cambridge University's Plant Breeding Institute).

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