Brunion

Origin

French brugnon

Full definition of brunion

Noun

1. A hybrid of a plum and a peach.
• 1724, Philip Miller, The Gardeners and Florists Dictionary (page 22)But no sort of Brunions are in so much Esteem as their Peaches, because they do not quit their Stones.
• 1855, Marie-Catherine Aulnoy, Fairy Tales (page 453)The eldest Fairy put her finger into her mouth and whistled three times, then cried, 'Apricots, peaches, nectarines, brunions, cherries,...
2. A nectarine