Marron
[mar-uh n, muh-rohn; French ma-rawn] /ˈmær ən, məˈroʊn; French maˈrɔ̃/
noun
1.
a large European chestnut, especially as used in cookery: candied or preserved in syrup.
/ˈmærən; French marɔ̃/
noun
1.
a large edible sweet chestnut
/ˈmærən/
noun
1.
a large freshwater crayfish of Western Australia, Cherax tenuimanus
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[mar-oh-bohn] /ˈmær oʊˌboʊn/ 1. a bone containing edible marrow. 2. marrowbones, Facetious. the knees. /ˈmærəʊˌbəʊnz/ plural noun 1. (facetious) the knees 2. a rare word for crossbones See skull and crossbones /ˈmærəʊˌbəʊn/ noun 1. n. late 14c., from marrow + bone (n.). A poetic Old English word for “bone” was mearhcofa “marrow-chamber.”