"Brandywine" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbɹændiwaɪn/
Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Brandywine
  1. A stream in Pennsylvania and Delaware (variously called the Brandywine Creek, the Brandywine River, and often just the Brandywine).
    Sense id: en-Brandywine-en-name-YfoZom0Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹændiwaɪn/ Forms: Brandywines [plural]
Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Brandywine (plural Brandywines)
  1. An heirloom cultivar of tomato with large potato-leaved foliage and large pink fruit.
    Sense id: en-Brandywine-en-noun-POkhhtED
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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