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prunelle

prunelle noun: a kind of small and very acid French plum, especially when stoned and dried, from Prunus spinosa.

prunelle: a kind of small and very acid French plum, especially when stoned and dried, from Prunus spinosa
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Noun

prunelle (plural prunelles)

  1. A kind of small and very acid French plum, especially when stoned and dried, from Prunus spinosa.
    • There are oranges from Florida and Tangiers, dainty maiden blush apples from New England, figs and dates from the Levant, prunes and prunelles from Italy, candied apricots from France, and the superb English hothouse grapes, more luscious than Silenus ever crushed against his palate.1903, John Corbin, An American at Oxford, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
    Synonyms:
    blackthorn, sloe

Synonyms of prunelle

Forms of prunelle

pluralprunelles

Origin of prunelle

Borrowed from French prunelle.

Questions about prunelle

What does prunelle mean?
Prunelle means a kind of small and very acid French plum, especially when stoned and dried, from Prunus spinosa.
What part of speech is prunelle?
Prunelle is a noun.
What is the plural of prunelle?
The plural of prunelle is prunelles.

Words near prunelle in the dictionary

  1. prunelike
  2. Prunell
  3. prunella
  4. prunella salt
  5. prunellas
  6. prunelle
  7. prunelles
  8. prunello
  9. prunelloes
  10. prunellos
  11. pruner

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