mazzard
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Probably a variant of mazard.
Noun[edit]
mazzard (plural mazzards)
- A sweet cherry, Prunus avium, especially when used as rootstock.
- Coordinate terms: mahaleb cherry, morello
- 1951, Leonard H. Day, Cherry rootstocks in California, Berkeley, Calif.: College of Agriculture, University of California, page 4:
- In California three rootstock species are in general use. From fairly reliable estimates, about 65 per cent of the cherries grown in the state are grafted on mazzard (Prunus avium); 30 per cent are on mahaleb (P. mahaleb); and 5 per cent on morello (P. cerasus).
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Further reading[edit]
- “mazzard”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.