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Webster 1913 Edition


Brunion

Brun′ion

,
Noun.
[F.
brugnon
(cf. It.
brugna
,
prugna
), fr. L.
prunum
. See
Prune
,
Noun.
]
A nectarine.

Webster 1828 Edition


Brunion

BRUN'ION

,
Noun.
A sort of fruit between a plum and a peach.
Brunswick green. An ammoniaco-muriate of copper, used for paper hangings and in oil painting.

Definition 2024


brunion

brunion

English

White nectarine

Noun

brunion (plural brunions)

  1. A hybrid of a plum and a peach.
    • 1724, Philip Miller, The Gardeners and Florists Dictionary (page 22)
      But no sort of Brunions are in so much Esteem as their Peaches, because they do not quit their Stones.
    • 1855, Marie-Catherine Aulnoy, Fairy Tales (page 453)
      The eldest Fairy put her finger into her mouth and whistled three times, then cried, 'Apricots, peaches, nectarines, brunions, cherries, []
  2. A nectarine

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