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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PRE-PYR |
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PRUNE (adapted in various forms, e.g. prunne, proyne, &c., from Fr. prune, Med. Lat. pruna, Lat. prunum, Gr. irpovvov, earlier Trpouvov, plum) , the name generally given to the fruit of various species of plums, dried, and used either stewed as a dish or plain as a dessert fruit. The finest dessert prunes, known as " French plums," are produced from the St Julien plum-tree and are dried and exported from the valley of the Loire in France. California now produces a fine quality of " prune ." In scientific nomenclature, Prunus is the name of a genus of rosaceous trees, the type of the tribe pruneae, of which the plum, apricot
peach
cherry
prune ," (1) to cut or trim superfluous growth from a shrub or tree in order to encourage fresh growth and bring into regular
bill
century ) of the Old French proigner, the second sense appears in the end of the 14th century but is not found in French.End of Article: PRUNE (adapted in various forms, e.g. prunne, proyne, &c., from Fr. prune, Med. Lat. pruna, Lat. prunum, Gr. irpovvov, earlier Trpouvov, plum) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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