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Webster 1913 Edition
Brunion
Brun′ion
,Noun.
A nectarine.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brunion
BRUN'ION
,Noun.
Brunswick green. An ammoniaco-muriate of copper, used for paper hangings and in oil painting.
Definition 2024
brunion
brunion
English
Noun
brunion (plural brunions)
- 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, […]
- 1724, Philip Miller, The Gardeners and Florists Dictionary (page 22)
- A nectarine
Translations
nectarine — see nectarine