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jargonelle

UK/dʒɑːɡəˈnɛl/

jargonelle noun: a variety of pear.

Noun

jargonelle (plural jargonelles)

  1. A variety of pear.
    • A jargonell pear-tree at one end of the cottage, a rivulet, and flower-plot of a rood in extent, in front, and a kitchen-garden behind; […] announced the warm and cordial comforts which Old England, even at her most northern extremity, extends to her meanest inhabitants.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter V, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees...
    • She craves for fruit,—she has a constant fever on her; but jargonelle pears will do as well as anything, and there are quantities of them in the market.1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 27, in North and South

Forms of jargonelle

pluraljargonelles

Origin of jargonelle

From French jargonelle, diminutive of jargon.

Questions about jargonelle

What does jargonelle mean?
Jargonelle means a variety of pear.
What part of speech is jargonelle?
Jargonelle is a noun.
How do you pronounce jargonelle?
Jargonelle is pronounced /dʒɑːɡəˈnɛl/ (UK).
What is the plural of jargonelle?
The plural of jargonelle is jargonelles.

Words near jargonelle in the dictionary

  1. jargonauts
  2. jargoned
  3. jargoneer
  4. jargoneers
  5. jargonel
  6. jargonelle
  7. jargonelles
  8. jargonels
  9. jargoner
  10. jargoners
  11. jargonese

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