pippin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red

WordNet

Pip"pin noun
Etymology
Probably fr. OE. pippin a seed, as being raised from the seed. See Pip a seed.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple. (b) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin.
    We will eat a last year's pippin. Shak.

Webster 1913