apple : Idioms & Phrases

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Adam's apple

  • noun tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
    coffee rose; crepe jasmine; East Indian rosebay; crepe gardenia; Nero's crown; crape jasmine; Tabernaemontana divaricate; pinwheel flower.
  • noun the largest cartilage of the larynx
    thyroid cartilage.
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  • . #2 (Bot.) (a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a height of twenty feet or more. Paxton]. (b) A species of lime (Citris limetta). #2 The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent.
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Alligator apple

  • (Bot.), the fruit of the Anona palustris, a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its properties. Loudon.
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american crab apple

  • noun medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
    garland crab; Malus coronaria.
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apple aphid

  • noun bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves
    apple aphid; Aphis pomi.
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Apple blight

  • noun a disease of apple trees
    apple blight.
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  • an aphid which injures apple trees. See Blight, n.
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Apple borer

  • (Zoöl.), a coleopterous insect (Saperda candida or bivittata), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.
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Apple brandy

  • brandy made from apples.
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Apple butter

  • noun thick dark spicy puree of apples
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  • a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. Bartlett.
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apple canker

  • noun a disease of apple trees
    apple blight.
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Apple corer

  • an instrument for removing the cores from apples.
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apple dumpling

  • noun apples wrapped in pastry and baked
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Apple fly

  • (Zoöl.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera Drosophila and Trypeta.
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apple fritter

  • noun fritter containing sliced apple
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apple geranium

  • noun geranium with round fragrant leaves and small white flowers
    nutmeg geranium; Pelargonium odoratissimum.
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apple jelly

  • noun jelly made from apple juice
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apple juice

  • noun the juice of apples
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apple maggot

  • noun larvae bore into and feed on apples
    Rhagoletis pomonella; railroad worm.
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Apple midge

  • (Zoöl.) a small dipterous insect (Sciara mali), the larva of which bores in apples.
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apple mint

  • noun mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States
    Mentha rotundifolia; Mentha suaveolens; applemint.
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apple nut

  • noun nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
    ivory nut; vegetable ivory.
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Apple of discord

  • noun (classical mythology) a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited); the apple had `for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it; when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War
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  • a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed "For the fairest," which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter.
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Apple of love, or Love apple

  • the tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum).
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Apple of Peru

  • noun coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
    shoo fly; Nicandra physaloides.
  • noun intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
    jimsonweed; Jamestown weed; apple of Peru; jimson weed; Datura stramonium.
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  • a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry.
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Apple of the eye

  • the pupil.
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apple orchard

  • noun a grove of apple trees
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apple pie

  • noun pie (with a top crust) containing sliced apples and sugar
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Ap"ple pie`
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  1. A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.
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apple polisher

  • noun someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
    fawner; bootlicker; truckler; groveler; groveller.
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apple rust

  • noun rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc
    Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae; apple rust.
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Apple sauce

  • noun puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced
    applesauce.
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  • stewed apples. U. S.
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Apple snail or Apple shell

  • (Zoöl.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria.
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Apple tart

  • noun a small open pie filled with sliced apples and sugar
  • noun a tart filled with sliced apples and sugar
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  • a tart containing apples.
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Apple tree

  • noun any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits
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  • a tree naturally bears apples. See Apple, 2.
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apple turnover

  • noun turnover with an apple filling
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Apple wine

  • cider.
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Apple worm

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of a small moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) which burrows in the interior of apples. See Codling moth.
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apple-faced

Ap"ple-faced` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a round, broad face, like an apple. "Apple-faced children." Dickens.
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apple-jack

Ap"ple-jack` noun
Definitions
  1. Apple brandy. U.S.
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apple-john

Ap"ple-john` noun
Definitions
  1. A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple. Shak.
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apple-scented

  • adjective satellite smelling of apples
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apple-shaped

  • adjective satellite having the general shape of an apple
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apple-sized

  • adjective satellite having the approximate size of an apple
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apple-squire

Ap"ple-squire` noun
Definitions
  1. A pimp; a kept gallant. Obs. Beau. & Fl.
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Apples of Sodom

  • a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of air appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of Solanum Sodomæum, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.
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baked-apple berry

  • noun creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
    salmonberry; bakeapple; Rubus chamaemorus; dwarf mulberry; cloudberry.
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Balsam apple

  • noun a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit
    Momordica balsamina.
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  • (Bot.), an East Indian plant ( Momordica balsamina), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices.
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bell apple

  • noun the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle
    sweet cup; water lemon; yellow granadilla.
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Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd

  • . (Bot.) See Colocynth.
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blade apple

  • noun small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies
    Barbados gooseberry.
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candied apple

  • noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
    candied apple; candy apple; taffy apple; caramel apple.
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candy apple

  • noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
    candied apple; candy apple; taffy apple; caramel apple.
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caramel apple

  • noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
    candied apple; candy apple; taffy apple; caramel apple.
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cedar-apple rust

  • noun rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc
    Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae; apple rust.
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cherry apple

  • noun Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving
    Malus baccata; cherry apple; cherry crab; Siberian crab.
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chess-apple

Chess"-ap`ple noun
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  1. The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).
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common thorn apple

  • noun intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
    jimsonweed; Jamestown weed; apple of Peru; jimson weed; Datura stramonium.
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cooking apple

  • noun an apple used primarily in cooking for pies and applesauce etc
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Crab apple

  • noun any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms
    crab apple; crabapple.
  • noun any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
    crab apple; crabapple.
  • noun small sour apple; suitable for preserving
    crabapple.
    • crabapples make a tangy jelly
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  • a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple (Pyrus Malus var.sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple (Pyrus baccata); and the American (Pyrus coronaria).
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cultivated crab apple

  • noun any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms
    crab apple; crabapple.
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Custard apple

  • noun any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
    custard apple.
  • noun the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp
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  • (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical America, including several species of Anona (A. squamosa, reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp.
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custard apple tree

  • noun any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
    custard apple.
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custard-apple family

  • noun chiefly tropical trees or shrubs
    family Annonaceae; Annonaceae.
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Dead Sea Apple

  • . (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. "To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics." S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut.
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Dead-Sea apple

  • . See under Apple.
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dessert apple

  • noun an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking
    dessert apple.
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devil's apples

  • noun a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers
    Mandragora officinarum; mandrake.
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Earth apple

  • . (Bot.) (a) A potato. (b) A cucumber.
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eating apple

  • noun an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking
    dessert apple.
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Elephant apple

  • (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough, hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by Feronia elephantum, a large tree related to the orange.
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green apple aphid

  • noun bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves
    apple aphid; Aphis pomi.
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iowa crab apple

  • noun wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
    Iowa crab; prairie crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis.
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jamaica apple

  • noun large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp
    bullock's heart.
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John-apple

  • a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as Apple-john.
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kai apple

  • noun South African fruit smelling and tasting like apricots; used for pickles and preserves
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Kangaroo apple

  • noun Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit
    poroporo; Solanum aviculare.
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  • (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant Solanum aviculare.
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kei apple

  • noun vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits
    kei apple; Dovyalis caffra.
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kei apple bush

  • noun vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits
    kei apple; Dovyalis caffra.
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Love apple

  • noun native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties
    tomato; tomato plant; Lycopersicon esculentum.
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  • (Bot.), the tomato.
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mad apple

  • noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
    aubergine; eggplant; eggplant bush; Solanum melongena; brinjal; garden egg.
  • noun egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
    aubergine; eggplant.
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mad-apple

Mad"-ap`ple noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) See Eggplant.
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Malay apple

  • (Bot.), a myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Malaccensis) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.
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mammee apple

  • noun tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
    mamey; Mammea americana; mammee; mammee tree.
  • noun globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
    mammee; mamey.
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May apple

  • noun edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant
  • noun North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
    mayapple; Podophyllum peltatum; wild mandrake.
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  • (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant (Podophyllum peltatum). Also, the plant itself (popularly called mandrake), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
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Oak apple

  • noun oak gall caused by larvae of a cynipid wasp
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  • a large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly (Cynips confluens). It is green and pulpy when young.
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orchard apple tree

  • noun native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
    apple; Malus pumila.
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oregon crab apple

  • noun small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit
    Malus fusca.
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otaheite apple

O`ta*hei"te ap"ple
Etymology
So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. (b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.
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pitch apple

  • noun a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers
    Clusia rosea; strangler fig; Clusia major.
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pond apple

  • noun small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock
    pond apple; Annona glabra.
  • noun ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh; related to custard apples
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pond-apple tree

  • noun small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock
    pond apple; Annona glabra.
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prickly custard apple

  • noun small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit
    soursop; soursop tree; Annona muricata.
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Queen apple

  • . Cf. OE. quyne aple quince apple. A kind of apple; a queening. "Queen apples and red cherries." Spenser.
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Rose apple

  • noun tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit
    rose apple; Eugenia jambos; jambosa.
  • noun fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections
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  • (Bot.), the fruit of the tropical myrtaceous tree Eugenia Jambos. It is an edible berry an inch or more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong roselike perfume.
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rose-apple tree

  • noun tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit
    rose apple; Eugenia jambos; jambosa.
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sea apple

Sea" ap"ple
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  1. (Bot.) The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea. A. Grisebach.
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Seven-year apple

  • (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub (Genipa clusiifolia) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit.
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siberian crab apple

  • noun Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving
    Malus baccata; cherry apple; cherry crab; Siberian crab.
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Sorb apple

  • noun medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
    service tree; sorb apple; Sorbus domestica.
  • noun acid gritty-textured fruit
    sorb.
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  • the fruit of the sorb, or wild service tree.
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sorb apple tree

  • noun medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
    service tree; sorb apple; Sorbus domestica.
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southern crab apple

  • noun small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
    flowering crab; Malus angustifolia.
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Star apple

  • noun evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides
    Chrysophyllum cainito; caimito.
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  • (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Chrysophyllum Cainito), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species, and the natural order (Sapotaceæ) to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family.
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sugar apple

  • noun sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
    sweetsop; annon.
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Sweet apple

  • . (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See Sweet-top.
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taffy apple

  • noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
    candied apple; candy apple; taffy apple; caramel apple.
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Thorn apple

  • noun any of several plants of the genus Datura
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  • (Bot.), Jamestown weed.
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To bob at an apple, cherry, etc.

  • to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water.
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toffee apple

  • noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
    candied apple; candy apple; taffy apple; caramel apple.
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vi-apple

Vi"-ap`ple noun
Definitions
  1. See Otaheite apple.
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Vine apple

  • (Bot.), a small kind of squash. Roger Williams.
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western crab apple

  • noun wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
    Iowa crab; prairie crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis.
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wild apple

  • noun any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
    crab apple; crabapple.
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Wild balsam apple

  • (Bot.), an American climbing cucurbitaceous plant (Echinocystis lobata).
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Wine apple

  • (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor.
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Winter apple

  • an apple that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter.
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Wood apple

  • (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
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woolly apple aphid

  • noun primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees
    American blight; Eriosoma lanigerum.
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