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† ˈbrunion ? Obs.
[a. F. brugnon ‘espèce de pêche ou de pavie à peau lisse’ (Littré); cf. It. brugna, prugna, Pg. brunho, deriv. of L. prunum plum, prunus plum-tree.]
A smooth-skinned variety of the peach, a nectarine; sometimes described as ‘a sort of fruit between a plum and a peach’.
1706in Phillips. 1736in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts. |