heirloom
adjective/ˈeəluːm/
/ˈerluːm/
[only before noun] (especially North American English)- heirloom plants are varieties that were commonly grown in the past but are no longer grown as commercial cropsWord Originlate Middle English: from heir + loom (noun: which formerly had the senses ‘tool, heirloom’).
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