Definitions for Seckel

Seckel Seck·el

Spelling: [sek-uh l, sik-]
IPA: /ˈsɛk əl, ˈsɪk-/

Seckel is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in Seckel (ceekls).

Definitions for Seckel

noun

  1. a small, yellowish-brown variety of pear.

Origin of Seckel

An Americanism dating back to 1810-20; after surname of grower, Pennsylvania orchardist

Examples for Seckel

The fruits resemble those of Seckel in shape and color, but are larger and come in season later.

The parent tree stood near a Seckel and it is considered that Reeder is a cross between the two varieties.

Seckel is an American pear distinct in type from any European variety.

While the pears are larger than those of Seckel, the yield is not as great as the trees do not bear as regularly, nor abundantly.

Nearly all of Coxes contemporaries, however, spelled it Seckel, the spelling now in common use.

The pears are also more brightly colored than those of Seckel.

The fruits are so similar to those of Seckel that the variety is sometimes called Winter Seckel.

Seckel, Sheldon, and Beurr dAnjou have remarkably distinctive color as young trees.

This was a hybrid produced from the crossing of Seckel with Belle Lucrative.

The fruits lack the rich, perfumed flavor of Seckel on one hand, and the piquant, vinous taste of Winter Nelis on the other.

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