amélanche

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French

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amélanches

Etymology

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From Southeastern Occitan amelanca, rebracketing with the article from melanco, containing an Ancient Ligurian suffix attached to a word for black cognate to Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, black) and Latvian melns (black), calling the fruits by their colour.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.me.lɑ̃ʃ/
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Noun

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amélanche f (plural amélanches)

  1. fruit of any tree that is described under amélanchier (serviceberry).

References

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  • Genaust, Helmut (1996) “Amélanchier”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, →ISBN, page 56a

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