Gean
[gi:n]
Definition
(noun.) wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
Typed by Jody--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.
Inputed by Jarvis
Definition
n. the European wild cherry.
Checker: Micawber
Examples
- I suppose you are the only independent prince in the ?gean? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Often like this—?gean! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Venus, answered Crispin, with a profound bow, still lives in the ?gean Seas as Helena of Melnos. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Doubtless; but if you are curious to know about us both, come to the ?gean with me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- My friend Alcibiades is not a bad man,—a good honest trader who sails about among the islands of the ?gean. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They revived and changed this Dravidian civilization much as the Greeks did the ?gean or the Semites the Sumerian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Oh, I know every island in the ?gean, replied Caliphronas, smiling his thanks for the compliment. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The Island of Fantasy, or, to call it by its real name, Melnos, does exist in the ?gean Sea. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- How did you decide to come to the ?gean? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Only under the blue sky, above the blue waves of the ?gean, is it to be seen. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- My people here are physically perfect; their morality is much above what is to be found in the islands of the ?gean. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Again, an ?gean dagger from Mycen?, dating about 2000 B.C., shows a lion-hunt in progress. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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