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mazzard
[ maz-erd ]
noun
- a wild sweet cherry, Prunus avium, used as a rootstock for cultivated varieties of cherries.
mazzard
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noun
- a wild sweet cherry tree, Prunus avium, often used as a grafting stock for cultivated cherries
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mazzard1
Example Sentences
The stain came from mazzards, the West Country name for Prunus avium, the wild or sweet cherries native to the British isles that have been eaten since prehistoric times.
He saw his father fighting hard at the back and ribs with both hands, and Leary hammering his face in a way to make pulp of an ordinary mazzard.
This part of the county is noted for its strawberries, its gooseberries, and for a sweet kind of small cherry called mazzards.
And the mazzards were crying out to be eaten.
Today I may get a thwack on the mazzard which will give me an intervening season of unconsciousness between yesterday and tomorrow.
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