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mazzard

(maz′ərd)

noun

sweet cherry; esp., a wild sweet cherry whose young seedlings are used as a rootstock for cultivated varieties

Origin: ? var. of mazer

See mazzard in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A wild sweet cherry (Prunus avium) often used as grafting stock.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps alteration of Middle English mazer, goblet, hard wood; see mazer

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