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† ˈrichardine Obs.
Also 5 ric(h)ardon.
[f. the personal name Richard: cf. OF. richars, ricars pl., ellipt. for pommes de Richard, so named, acc. to Benoit, from Richard, Duke of Normandy (see Godef.).]
A kind of apple.
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 15 Costardes, etiam wardons, And other many [fruits] fulle faire and ffresshe to see; The pome-watyr, and the gentylle ricardons. [a1513Fabyan Chron. vii. 605 Costardes, wardens, pomewardons, richardons.] 1600Surflet Countrie Farme iii. xviii. 465 Graft the graftes of an apple tree vpon a sowre peare & vpon the Richardine apple tree, and you shall haue apples of a yellow or straw colour. |