Brandywine

See also: brandywine

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹændiwaɪn/

Etymology 1

Not known with certainty; so named since the 17th century; several long-held hypotheses exist, including a story of casks of brandywine that were spilled in the river's mouth in the colonial era, a fancied resemblance of the turbid water's color to that of brandywine, and an early Euro-American settler whose surname was similar to brandewijn or brandywine.

Proper noun

Brandywine

1. A stream in Pennsylvania and Delaware (variously called the Brandywine Creek, the Brandywine River, and often just the Brandywine).

Etymology 2

Unknown; the plant variety has been traced back far into the 19th century by seed savers, but the origin of its name is lost; speculations include the possibility that the fruit's color was likened to that of brandywine, or that the variety was bred in the Brandywine Valley.

Noun

Brandywine (plural Brandywines)

1. An heirloom cultivar of tomato with large potato-leaved foliage and large pink fruit.