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shipova

[ˈʃǐpova]

shipova noun: a sweet edible fruit, a hybrid of the European pear (Pyrus communis) and the common whitebeam (Aria edulis, syn., Sorbus aria).

Noun

shipova (plural shipovas)

  1. A sweet edible fruit, a hybrid of the European pear (Pyrus communis) and the common whitebeam (Aria edulis, syn., Sorbus aria).
    • His latest book, “Landscaping With Fruit” (Storey, 2009), dives into the world of the little-known lingonberry, clove currant, maypop, shipova, hardy kiwi and other fruits that are easy to grow, he says, and as delicious as they are ornamental.2009 May 21, Anne Raver, “From Novel Fruits, a Lush Landscape”, in New York Times

Forms of shipova

pluralshipovas
alternative formshipover

Origin of shipova

Propagated into the US 1959 from Yugoslavia—1986 again from Macedonia as smokvarka / смокварка (smokvarka)—, which itself has only grafts descending from a single tree described 1834 in the Parisian Jardin du Roi, as the hybrid’s fruits are mostly sterile. Given that the Serbo-Croatian accent is imitated in the current pronunciation, we can be confident to say that this word is from the Serbo-Croatian descendant of Proto-Slavic *šipъ used itself or in derivatives to refer to rosaceous plants + *-ovъ (suffix used to form relative adjectives) + *-a (feminine ending)

Questions about shipova

What does shipova mean?
Shipova means a sweet edible fruit, a hybrid of the European pear (Pyrus communis) and the common whitebeam (Aria edulis, syn., Sorbus aria).
What part of speech is shipova?
Shipova is a noun.
How do you pronounce shipova?
Shipova is pronounced [ˈʃǐpova].
What is the plural of shipova?
The plural of shipova is shipovas.

Words near shipova in the dictionary

  1. shipminds
  2. shipmistress
  3. shipmistresses
  4. shipoo
  5. shipot
  6. shipova
  7. shipovas
  8. shipowner
  9. shipowners
  10. shipowners' club
  11. shipowners' clubs

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