agriot

English

Alternative forms

egriot

Etymology

From French aigrette, griotte, formerly Old French agriote (“sour cherry”). Compare aigre (“sour”).

Noun

agriot (plural agriots)

1. (dated) Synonym of sour cherry
   • 1862, Joseph Arenstein, Austria at the International Exhibition of 1862, page 45:

     Trenner Joseph sen. & jun., Turners and Makers of agriot pipe-sticks.

   • 1881, P. Sorauer, “Manuring Experiments on Fruit Trees”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 40, page 936:

     Comparing those plants grown in large and in samll vessels, the agriot yielded a larger amount of leaf and dry substance when grown in small vessels, whereas with the sweet cherry the reverse was the case. When grown in dilute solutions the agriot caused the evaporation through its leaves of twice as much water, and the sweet cherry under the same conditions of a third more water, than when the solutions were more concentrated.

   • 1916, Erich Walter, Manual for the Essence Industry, page 239:

     We distinguish between sweet cherries and sour cherries (agriots).

   • 1919, Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division, A Handbook of Asia Minor: Western Asia Minor, page 111:

     On the other hand special note should be made of the cherries of Manisa, the agriots of Parsa and Gediz, and the cucumbers of Menemen.

   • 1967, Food, Drug, Cosmetic Law Journal - Volume 22, page 531:

     Brandy distilled from fresh whole agriots or cherries, fermented with or without the stones.