gean

[ geen ]

noun

1. heart cherry.

gean

/ ɡiːn /

noun

1. Also calledwild cherry a white-flowered rosaceous tree, Prunus avium, of Europe, W Asia, and N Africa, the ancestor of the cultivated sweet cherries
2. See sweet cherry

Word History and Origins

Origin of gean¹

First recorded in 1525–35, gean is from the Middle French word guigne, of uncertain origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of gean¹

C16: from Old French guine

Example Sentences

Alder and ash are the main tree species but there are also bird cherry and hazel and small numbers of wych elm, gean, holly, rowan and elder.

From BBC

"There's a desert island in the �gean with mouflon that nobody ever succeeds in getting."

From Project Gutenberg

On the one side is the situation of the Pauline churches on the east coast of the �gean in a.d. 93-95.

From Project Gutenberg

The farewell was said at Syra, one of the islands of the �gean.

From Project Gutenberg

Another acute observer states that the distant view of Athens from the �gean Sea is extremely like that of Edinburgh from the Firth of Forth, "though," he adds, "certainly the latter is considerably superior."

From Project Gutenberg