jargonelle

/dʒɑːɡəˈnɛl/

Etymology

From French jargonelle, diminutive of jargon.

noun

  1. A variety of pear.“A jargonell pear-tree at one end of the cottage, a rivulet, and flower-plot of a rood in extent, in front, and a kitchen-garden behind; […] announced the warm and cordial comforts which Old England, even at her most northern extremity, extends to her meanest inhabitants.”