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prunelle

 [proo-nel]  

pru·nelle

   [proo-nel]
noun
1.
a sweet, brown, French liqueur distilled from plums.
2.
prunella.
Origin:
< French, diminutive of prune prune1
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Prunelle is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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prunella, prunelle or prunello1 (pruːˈnɛlə, pruːˈnɛl, pruːˈnɛləʊ)
 
—n
a strong fabric, esp a twill-weave worsted, used for gowns and the uppers of some shoes
 
[C17: perhaps from prunelle, with reference to the colour of the cloth]
 
prunelle, prunelle or prunello1
 
—n
 
[C17: perhaps from prunelle, with reference to the colour of the cloth]
 
prunello, prunelle or prunello1
 
—n
 
[C17: perhaps from prunelle, with reference to the colour of the cloth]

prunelle (pruːˈnɛl)
 
—n
a green French liqueur made from sloes
 
[C18: from French: a little plum, from pruneprune1]

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