apple

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apple - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Apple \Ap"ple\ ([a^]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel,
     [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G.
     apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [aum]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall,
     W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of
     unknown origin.]
     1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus  malus
        ) cultivated in numberless varieties in the
        temperate zones.
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     Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original
           kind, from which all others have sprung.
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     2. (bot.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken
        into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
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     3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or
        supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or
        love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
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     4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
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     Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as,
           apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple
           blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.
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     Apple blight, an aphid which injures apple trees. See
        Blight, n.
  
     Apple borer (Zool.), a coleopterous insect (Saperda  candida
         or Saperda bivittata), the larva of which bores
        into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.
  
     Apple brandy, brandy made from apples.
  
     Apple butter, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider.
        --Bartlett.
  
     Apple corer, an instrument for removing the cores from
        apples.
  
     Apple fly (Zool.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which
        burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera
        Drosophila and Trypeta.
  
     Apple midge (Zool.) a small dipterous insect (Sciara  mali
        ), the larva of which bores in apples.
  
     Apple of the eye, the pupil.
  
     Apple of discord, 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.
  
     Apple of love, or Love apple, the tomato (Lycopersicum  esculentum
        ).
  
     Apple of Peru, a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides)
        bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit
        inclosing a dry berry.
  
     Apples of Sodom, a fruit described by ancient writers as
        externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke
        and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often
        given to the fruit of Solanum Sodom[ae]um, a prickly
        shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.
  
     Apple sauce, stewed apples. [U. S.]
  
     Apple snail or Apple shell (Zool.), a fresh-water,
        operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria.
  
     Apple tart, a tart containing apples.
  
     Apple tree, a tree which naturally bears apples. See
        Apple, 2.
  
     Apple wine, cider.
  
     Apple worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth (Carpocapsa  pomonella
        ) which burrows in the interior of apples. See
        Codling moth.
  
     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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  Apple \Ap"ple\ ([a^]p"p'l), v. i.
     To grow like an apple; to bear apples. --Holland.
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apple - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  apple
      n 1: fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart
           crisp whitish flesh
      2: native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for
         its firm rounded edible fruits [syn: apple, orchard apple   tree
         , Malus pumila]

apple - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  APPLE
  
     <language> A revision of APL for the Illiac IV.
  
     (1995-04-28)
  

apple - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Apple
  (Heb. tappuah, meaning "fragrance"). Probably the apricot or
  quince is intended by the word, as Palestine was too hot for the
  growth of apples proper. It is enumerated among the most
  valuable trees of Palestine (Joel 1:12), and frequently referred
  to in Canticles, and noted for its beauty (2:3, 5; 8:5). There
  is nothing to show that it was the "tree of the knowledge of
  good and evil." Dr. Tristram has suggested that the apricot has
  better claims than any other fruit-tree to be the apple of
  Scripture. It grows to a height of 30 feet, has a roundish mass
  of glossy leaves, and bears an orange coloured fruit that gives
  out a delicious perfume. The "apple of the eye" is the Heb.
  _ishon_, meaning manikin, i.e., the pupil of the eye (Prov.
  7:2). (Comp. the promise, Zech. 2:8; the prayer, Ps. 17:8; and
  its fulfilment, Deut. 32:10.)
  
    The so-called "apple of Sodom" some have supposed to be the
  Solanum sanctum (Heb. hedek), rendered "brier" (q.v.) in Micah
  7:4, a thorny plant bearing fruit like the potato-apple. This
  shrub abounds in the Jordan valley. (See ENGEDI.)