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Webster 1913 Edition


Jargonelle

Jarˊgo-nelle′

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Noun.
[F.
jargonelle
a very gritty variety of pear. See
Jargon
zircon.]
A variety of pear which ripens early.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jargonelle

JARGONELLE

,
Noun.
jargonel'. A species of pear.

Definition 2024


jargonelle

jargonelle

English

Noun

jargonelle (plural jargonelles)

  1. A variety of pear.
    • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.1:
      A jargonelle pear-tree at one end of the cottage, a rivulet and flower-pot of a rood in extent in front, and a kitchen-garden behind [...] announced the warm and cordial comforts which Old England, even at her most northern extremity, extends to her meanest inhabitants.

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