Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
berry .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) The fruit of the
Rhamnus infectorius , eand of other species of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow. Called alsoFrench berry .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The fruit of rock buckthorn aka Avignon buckthorn, Rhamnus saxafilis aka Rhamnus infectorius and of other species of the same
genus , used bydyers andpainters for coloring yellow.
Etymologies
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Avignon in France
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