brunion

brunion

English

White nectarine

Etymology

Borrowed from French brugnon.

Noun

brunion (plural brunions)

1. A hybrid of a plum and a peach.
   • 1724, Philip Miller, The Gardeners and Florists Dictionary, page 22:

     But no sort of Brunions are in so much Esteem as their Peaches, because they do not quit their Stones.

   • 1855, Marie-Catherine Aulnoy, Fairy Tales, page 453:

     The eldest Fairy put her finger into her mouth and whistled three times, then cried, 'Apricots, peaches, nectarines, brunions, cherries, […]

2. A nectarine

Translations

nectarine — see nectarine

Further reading

• Nectarine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia