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PUNNET
punnet
(noun) a small light basket used as a measure for fruits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Origin uncertain. First appears in the 1820s. Perhaps a diminutive of pun, a dialect variant of pound, the weight + -et. The suggestion that it is an eponym of Reginald Crundall Punnett (1875–1967), geneticist and grower of strawberries, is not chronologically possible. The suggestion it was an ancestor of his lacks evidence.
Noun
punnet (plural punnets)
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.
Synonyms
• (receptacle for strawberries): chip (northern New Zealand), pottle (British)
Anagrams
• unpent
Source: Wiktionary
Pun"net, n. Etym: [Cf. Ir. buinne a shoot, branch.]
Definition: A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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