GEAN

gean, mazzard, mazzard cherry

(noun) wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Gean (plural Geans)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gean is the 21790th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1193 individuals. Gean is most common among White (71.67%) and Black/African American (15.0%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Ange, Egan, Gena, agen, gena, nega-

Etymology

Noun

gean (plural geans)

(now dialectal) A wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.

Anagrams

• Ange, Egan, Gena, agen, gena, nega-

Source: Wiktionary


Gean, n. Etym: [F. guigne the fruit of the gean; cf. OHG. wihsila, G. weichsel.] (Bot.)

Definition: A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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