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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1665-1667
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Marican. Appar., a kind of apple. — 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 96.
As to the apples we most not conteste with them … The pomme minion is better then any of ours: our Marican seimes to be a degenerat sort of it
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