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▪ I. dard, n.2 Bot.|dɑːd|
Formerly also dart.
[Fr., fruit-spur.]
(See quots.)
1925W. R. Dykes tr. Lorette's System of Pruning p. xxviii, The dart (dard) is an eye which has not grown beyond a certain point and which is surrounded by a rosette of two or three leaves. It is the sign of fruitfulness in the pear. Ibid., In ordinary circumstances, the dart..swells and adds to itself a rosette of leaves, which gradually increase in number from three to five. Continuing to develop, the dart is finally crowned with seven leaves and is then known as a fruit-spur (lambourde). 1946Ibid. (ed. 2) 5 We have..adopted the original French spelling of dard and brindille, written in the first English edition dart and brindle—for both the latter have meanings totally unrelated to the objects referred to as dard and brindille. Ibid. 24 The dard is a bud which has not grown beyond a certain point [etc.]. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 638/2 Dard, a bud on an apple or pear tree... It may develop into shoot if it receives too much sap, but usually with a steady supply of sap..becomes a spur carrying a fruit bud.
▪ II. dard(e
obs. f. dart, and dared (see dare v.). |