mazard cherry
1Mazard — Maz ard, n. [Cf. F. merise a wild cherry.] (Bot.) A kind of small black cherry. [1913 Webster] …
2mazard — /ˈmæzəd/ (say mazuhd) noun a wild sweet cherry, Prunus avium, used as a rootstock for cultivated varieties of cherries. Also, mazzard. {earlier mazer, from Old French masere, of Germanic origin (compare Middle High German maser maple) …
3mazard — n. (also mazzard) 1 the wild sweet cherry, Prunus avium, of Europe. 2 archaic a head or face. Etymology: alt. of MAZER …
4maz|zard — «MAZ uhrd», noun. 1. a sweet cherry, especially a wild sweet cherry used as a stock for breeding varieties of sweet and of sour cherries. 2. = mazard. (Cf. ↑mazard) ╂[origin uncertain; perhaps Middle English mazer, later mazard a wood used for… …
5mazzard — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1578 sweet cherry; especially wild or seedling sweet cherry used as a rootstock for grafting II. variant of mazard …
6massard — obs. f. mazard n., kind of cherry …
