buisson
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
buisson (plural buissons)
- A fruit tree trained on a low stem, the branches closely pruned.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French buison, buisson, boissun (“stand of wild shrubs”), diminutive of Old French bois, bosc (“area planted with trees”), from Frankish *bosk, *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Equivalent to bois + -on.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
buisson m (plural buissons)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “buisson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
buisson oblique singular, m (oblique plural buissons, nominative singular buissons, nominative plural buisson)
- Alternative form of buison
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