apple : Idioms & Phrases

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

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

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• 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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• (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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• brandy made from apples.

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• 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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• noun a disease of apple trees
  apple blight.
  

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• an instrument for removing the cores from apples.

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• noun apples wrapped in pastry and baked
  

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

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• noun fritter containing sliced apple
  

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

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• noun jelly made from apple juice
  

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• noun the juice of apples
  

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

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

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

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• 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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• 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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• the tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum).

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• 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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• the pupil.

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• noun a grove of apple trees
  

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

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• noun puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced
  applesauce.
  

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• stewed apples. U. S.

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

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• 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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• 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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• noun turnover with an apple filling
  

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• cider.

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

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Ap"ple-faced` adjective

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1. Having a round, broad face, like an apple. "Apple-faced children." Dickens.

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Ap"ple-jack` noun

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1. Apple brandy. U.S.

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Ap"ple-john` noun

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1. A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple. Shak.

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• adjective satellite smelling of apples
  

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• adjective satellite having the general shape of an apple
  

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• adjective satellite having the approximate size of an apple
  

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Ap"ple-squire` noun

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1. A pimp; a kept gallant. Obs. Beau. & Fl.

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

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• 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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• noun the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle
  sweet cup; water lemon; yellow granadilla.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Colocynth.

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

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

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• 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"-ap`ple noun

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1. The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).

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

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

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• noun chiefly tropical trees or shrubs
  family Annonaceae; Annonaceae.
  

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• . (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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• . See under Apple.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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• 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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• 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"-ap`ple noun

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1. (Bot.) See Eggplant.

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

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

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

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O`ta*hei"te ap"ple

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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• 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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• noun any of several plants of the genus Datura
  

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• (Bot.), Jamestown weed.

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• 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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• 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"-ap`ple noun

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1. See Otaheite apple.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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