gurgeon
(ˈgɜːdʒən)
[perh. related to gurjun.]
gurgeon-stopper, a hardwood tree, Eugenia buxifolia, found in Florida and the West Indies; cf. stopper n. 8.
| 1884 [see stopper n. 8]. 1908 N. L. Britton N. Amer. Trees 724 Spanish Stopper—Eugenia buxifolia... Also called Gurgeon stopper; this small tree or shrub of the West Indies enters our area in southern peninsular Florida and the Keys. 1921 C. S. Sargent Man. Trees of N. Amer. (ed. 2) 771 Eugenia buxifolia Willd. Gurgeon Stopper. Spanish Stopper. |