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quenouille

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The distaff- or cone-like shape of a tree that has been subjected to quenouille training.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

A tree trained to grow in this shape, the shape of a cone.

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Examples

  • 1846, Charles Mason Hovey (editor, and author of Article I), "Article I", in Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs The garden is laid out with a central walk through its entire length, and on each side of this are planted dwarf pears, some trained as pyramidal trees, some as quenouilles, and some as espaliers : and with these Mr. Washburn has tried ...

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from French quenouille.