gean
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- noun
- /ɡiːən/
- Archaic
:
cerezo silvestre
- 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
A wild kind of sweet cherry tree often used as the root for other cherry trees
A large tree from Europe and Asia that makes sweet cherries people eat
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.