Jargonelle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dʒɑːɡəˈnɛl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jargonelle is a noun meaning A variety of pear.
Meaning
A variety of pear.
Example Sentences
She craves for fruit,—she has a constant fever on her; but jargonelle pears will do as well as anything, and there are quantities of them in the market.
"Of course I'm glad to find you alive but I really ran across with a few pears if you care to have them," remarked Nora, displaying the contents of her basket. "Jargonelles. We've got heaps and heaps and I know that yours are all the late kinds."
A jargonell pear-tree at one end of the cottage, a rivulet, and flower-plot of a rood in extent, in front, and a kitchen-garden behind; […] announced the warm and cordial comforts which Old England, even at her most northern extremity, extends to her meanest inhabitants.
Word Forms
- jargonelles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pear, pears, bergamot, ambrette, warden, papple.
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