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单词 jargonelle
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jargonellen.

Brit. /ˌdʒɑːɡəˈnɛl/, U.S. /ˌdʒɑrɡəˈnɛl/
Forms: Also jargonel.
Etymology: < French jargonelle ‘a very gritty variety of pear’ (Littré), diminutive of jargon jargon n.2
a. An early ripening variety of pear.Originally applied, as in French, to an inferior variety, but already by 1733 transferred to that called in French Cuisse Madame.
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1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. iii. 123 Here is a particular List of those [Pears] which I know to be so Bad, that I Counsel no Body to Plant any of them. Summer-Pears..8. The Jargonnelle.
1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. at Pyrus Jargonelle..is certainly what all the French Gardeners did formerly call the Cuisse Madam.
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table iv. 92 Some are ripe at twenty, like human Jargonelles, and must be made the most of, for their day is soon over.
1858 M. Oliphant Laird of Norlaw I. 22 The white gable wall of the manse, obscured with the branches of its jargonel tree.
1894 Times 25 Oct. 10/2 That prettiest and earliest of all pears, the Jargonnelle.
b. Short for jargonelle pear essence, Amylacetate, C5H11.C2H3O2, used as flavouring for confectionery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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