brown heart
nounPlant Pathology.
a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
Origin of brown heart
1First recorded in 1920–25
Words Nearby brown heart
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How to use brown heart in a sentence
No; her little brown heart remained true to Charlie, though she necessarily gave him less of her society than before.
The Lonely Island | R.M. BallantyneThe other kind has white wood with a small brown heart, but nearly as hard as lignum vitae.
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