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Prunelle

Pru-nelle′

,
Noun.
[F., dim. of
prune
. See
Prune
,
Noun.
]
A kind of small and very acid French plum; – applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.

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prunelle

prunelle

English

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Noun

prunelle (plural prunelles)

  1. a kind of small and very acid French plum, especially when stoned and dried, from Prunus spinosa (blackthorn, sloe).


French

Etymology

From prune + -elle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁy.nɛl/

Noun

prunelle f (plural prunelles)

  1. sloe (small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn)
  2. sloe gin
  3. (anatomy) pupil; eye
  4. (archaic) a type of cloth

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