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‖ doucin|dusɛ̃, ˈduːsɪn|
Also 6 duseanne.
[F.; f. douce sweet, douce.]
A sweet variety of wild apple.
1589Cogan Haven Health (1636) 102 The best apples..in England are Pepins, Costards, Duseannes, Darlings. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 191/2 The stocks..employed are the wild crab, the doucin or English paradise, and the French paradise apple. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 61 There are only two kinds, according to Lindley, on which it is desirable to propagate the apple in this country—the Wild Crab and the Doucin stock. |