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bigarreau, -roon|ˈbɪgəˌrəʊ, -ˈruːn|
Also 7 biguar, 7–8 bigarro, 7–9 biguarreau.
[a. F. bigarreau, pl. -eaux, f. bigarré variegated. Bigarroon seems to be an Eng. change.]
The large white heart-cherry, one side of which is pale yellow, and the other red. See also quot. 1859.
1629Parkinson Parad. iii. xii. 572 The Biguarre Cherrie is..sometimes discoloured halfe white and halfe reddish. 1675Phil. Trans. X. 494 Cherry of that kind which we call Bigarreaux. 1688Holme Armory ii. iii. 49 The Biguar Cherry is a fair kind. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. I. 73 The backward Cherries or Bigarros. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. 87 The Biggaro, or Heart-Cherry, is a Fruit both firm and crackling. 1859Loudon Encycl. Gard. §4485 At the present time all the heart-shaped cherries which have the flesh firm..are arranged under the head of Bigarreaux. 1875M. Collins Sweet & Tw. I. i. xii. 166 Under the great bigaroon cherry-trees. 1925Blunden Eng. Poems 117 From this fine orchard, branches sprawl And bigarreaus and blackhearts fall. |