Brandywine

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɹændiwaɪn/ === Etymology 1 === Not known with certainty; so named since the 17th century; several long-held hypotheses exist, including a story of casks of brandywine that were spilled in the river's mouth in the colonial era, a fancied resemblance of the turbid water's color to that of brandywine, and an early Euro-American settler whose surname was similar to brandewijn or brandywine. ==== Proper noun ==== Brandywine A river or place in the United States: A stream in Pennsylvania and Delaware (variously called the Brandywine Creek, the Brandywine River, and often just the Brandywine); the Battle of Brandywine was fought along its banks. A township in Hancock County, Indiana. A township in Shelby County, Indiana. A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland. An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio. A census-designated place in Pendleton County, West Virginia. === Etymology 2 === Unknown; the plant variety has been traced back far into the 19th century by seed savers, but the origin of its name is lost; speculations include the possibility that the fruit's color was likened to that of brandywine, or that the variety was bred in the Brandywine Valley. ==== Noun ==== Brandywine (plural Brandywines) An heirloom cultivar of tomato with large potato-leaved foliage and large pink fruit.