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Definition of Apple
1. Noun. Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh.
Specialized synonyms: Crab Apple, Crabapple, Dessert Apple, Eating Apple, Cooking Apple
Group relationships: Malus Pumila, Orchard Apple Tree
2. Noun. Native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits.
Group relationships: Genus Malus, Malus
Generic synonyms: Apple Tree
Definition of Apple
1. n. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
2. v. i. To grow like an apple; to bear apples.
Definition of Apple
1. Proper noun. (context with '''''the''''') A nickname for New York City, usually “the Big Apple”. ¹
2. Proper noun. (trademark) A multimedia corporation (w:Apple Corps Apple Corps) and record company (w:Apple Records Apple Records) founded by the w:Beatles Beatles. ¹
3. Proper noun. (trademark) Name of the company w:Apple Inc. Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, that produces computers and other digital devices. ¹
4. Proper noun. (trademark) A computer produced by the company Apple Inc. ¹
5. Proper noun. (rare) (English female given name). ¹
6. Noun. A common, round fruit produced by the tree ''Malus domestica'', cultivated in temperate climates. ¹
7. Noun. A tree growing such fruit, of the genus ''Malus''; the apple tree. ¹
8. Noun. The wood of the apple tree. ¹
9. Noun. (context: in the plural Cockney rhyming slang) Short for '''apples and pears''', slang for stairs. ¹
10. Noun. (context: baseball slang obsolete) The ball in baseball. ¹
11. Noun. (context: informal) When smiling, the round, fleshy part of the cheeks between the eyes and the corners of the mouth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apple
1. an edible fruit [n -S]
Medical Definition of Apple
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1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung.
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