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gean
[ geen ]
gean
/ É¡¾±Ë²Ô /
noun
- Also calledwild cherry a white-flowered rosaceous tree, Prunus avium, of Europe, W Asia, and N Africa, the ancestor of the cultivated sweet cherries
- See sweet cherry
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gean1
First recorded in 1525–35, gean is from the Middle French word guigne, of uncertain origin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gean1
C16: from Old French guine
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Alder and ash are the main tree species but there are also bird cherry and hazel and small numbers of wych elm, gean, holly, rowan and elder.
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"There's a desert island in the �gean with mouflon that nobody ever succeeds in getting."
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On the one side is the situation of the Pauline churches on the east coast of the �gean in a.d. 93-95.
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The farewell was said at Syra, one of the islands of the �gean.
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Another acute observer states that the distant view of Athens from the �gean Sea is extremely like that of Edinburgh from the Firth of Forth, "though," he adds, "certainly the latter is considerably superior."
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