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mazzard

mazzard noun: a sweet cherry, Prunus avium, especially when used as rootstock.

Noun

mazzard (plural mazzards)

  1. A sweet cherry, Prunus avium, especially when used as rootstock.
    • In California three rootstock species are in general use. From fairly reliable estimates, about 65 per cent of the cherries grown in the state are grafted on mazzard (Prunus avium); 30 per cent are on mahaleb (P. mahaleb); and 5 per cent on morello (P. cerasus).1951, Leonard H. Day, Cherry rootstocks in California, Berkeley, Calif.: College of Agriculture, University of California, page 4

Synonyms of mazzard

Forms of mazzard

pluralmazzards
alternative formmassard

Origin of mazzard

Probably a variant of mazard.

Questions about mazzard

What does mazzard mean?
Mazzard means a sweet cherry, Prunus avium, especially when used as rootstock.
What part of speech is mazzard?
Mazzard is a noun.
What is the plural of mazzard?
The plural of mazzard is mazzards.

Words near mazzard in the dictionary

  1. Mazzaferros
  2. Mazzanti
  3. Mazzantis
  4. Mazzara
  5. Mazzaras
  6. mazzard
  7. mazzards
  8. Mazzarella
  9. Mazzarellas
  10. mazze
  11. mazzebah

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