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fraughan

/ˈfɹɒhən/

fraughan noun: the bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).

Noun

fraughan (plural fraughans)

  1. (Ireland) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
    • Unlike the Wicklow Gold Mines at Mount Croughan, / Where thrives that Lilliputian Tree, the Fraughan.1824, Rory O'Reilly, Retrospection, Dublin: J. Carrick & Son, page 2
    • His bare feet, as they trod the heather and fraughan beneath them , sent a thrill of primitive ecstacy to his expectant mind.1906, W. M. Letts, “Paudeen in the Woods”, in Temple Bar, volume 1, London: Macmillan & Co., page 553

Forms of fraughan

pluralfraughans
alternative formfraochan
alternative formfraghan
alternative formfrawn

Origin of fraughan

Borrowed from Irish fraochán (“blueberry, bilberry”).

Questions about fraughan

What does fraughan mean?
Fraughan means the bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
What part of speech is fraughan?
Fraughan is a noun.
How do you pronounce fraughan?
Fraughan is pronounced /ˈfɹɒhən/.
What is the plural of fraughan?
The plural of fraughan is fraughans.

Words near fraughan in the dictionary

  1. Frauen
  2. Frauendorff
  3. Frauenfeld
  4. Frauenhofer's line
  5. Frauenhofer's lines
  6. fraughan
  7. fraughans
  8. fraught
  9. fraughtage
  10. fraughted
  11. fraughter

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