Fraughan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfɹɒhən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fraughan is a noun meaning (Ireland) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
Meaning
(Ireland) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
Example Sentences
Unlike the Wicklow Gold Mines at Mount Croughan, / Where thrives that Lilliputian Tree, the Fraughan.
His bare feet, as they trod the heather and fraughan beneath them , sent a thrill of primitive ecstacy to his expectant mind.
Over the centuries and over the seasons, fruit gathering became woven into the fabric of Irish rural life and the fraughan, being the first of the wild berries to ripen, was the occasion for an outing.
Word Forms
- fraughans
- fraochan
- fraghan
- frawn
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whortleberry, whimberry, bogwort, whortle, whort, blaeberry.
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