† sturn.
Obsolete. rare.
A hard variety of apple. Only in combination stur-apple, stur-tree.
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Bretonc1390
stur1483
marigold apple1577
fritter1591
Margaret1597
critling1611
cat's-head1617
rosiar1620
rose apple1626
snouting1651
roundling1655
mayflower1664
red greening1664
seaming1664
sheep's snout1664
spicing apple1664
violet-apple1664
pomme d'api1676
rathe-ripe1677
rose1678
lady's finger1688
stone apple1736
sops-in-wine1764
stone pippin1769
Manx codlin1818
Rymer1820
Roxbury russet1826
souring1832
genet1833
tompot1836
Wagener1848
flesh and blood1853
pick-thong1871
virgin1886
Jon1931
Idared1942
1483 Cath. Angl. 370/2 A Sturtre, Duracenus.
1500 Ortus Vocabulorum (W. de W.) M ij Durascenus, a sture tree. Durascenum, a sture appell.
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