Brandywine

brandywine English ,+ (tomato) thumb|right Pronunciation en /ˈbɹændiwaɪn/ Etymology 1 Not known with certainty; so named since the 17th century; several long-held hypotheses exist, including a story of casks of en 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 nl brandewijn or en brandywine. Proper noun en river or place c/USA: en stream s/Pennsylvania and s/Delaware (variously called the Brandywine Creek, the Brandywine River, and often just the Brandywine); the Battle of Brandywine was fought along its banks. en twp co/Hancock County s/Indiana. en twp co/Shelby County s/Indiana. en CDP co/Prince George's County s/Maryland. en ucomm co/Summit County s/Ohio. en CDP co/Pendleton County s/West Virginia. 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 en brandywine, or that the variety was bred in the Brandywine Valley. Noun An heirloom cultivar of tomato with large potato-leaved foliage and large pink fruit. en 3-syllable words