gean
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- noun
- /ɡiːən/
- Archaic
- Many gardeners prefer to plant geans for grafting.
Examples
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Gardeners often use gean as the rootstock for cultivated cherry varieties.
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The gean tree produces sweet cherries.
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A mature gean can provide shelter and food for many kinds of wildlife.
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The old orchard was home to a solitary gean that bloomed every spring.
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The farmer planted several gean trees to enhance the biodiversity of his orchard.
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In spring, the gean blossoms attract many pollinators to the garden.
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A gean can serve as an excellent stock for grafting other sweet cherry varieties.
Synonyms
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A wild sweet cherry tree used as the root for grafting cultivated cherries
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A large tree from Europe and Asia that makes sweet cherries people eat
A wild kind of sweet cherry tree often used as the root for other cherry trees
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gean comes from the old French word guigne, which meant 'wild cherry'. So a gean is simply a wild or seedling cherry tree, the kind gardeners often use as the root for cultivated cherry varieties.