Meaning of gean | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.
   dialectal
2. A surname.

Examples

“Thus in the early year the blue pearl clusters of the grape hyacinth bloomed, and in autumn the geans rejoiced us with the red Chinese lantern gleam of their fruit.”

“‘Given the circumstances, Effie,’ he whispered, ‘I could blossom again like a gean-tree.’”

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