Apple
Definition of Apple
Ap´ple
Pronunciation:
ăp´p'l
n.
1.
The
fleshy
pome
or
fruit
of a
rosaceous
tree
(
Pyrus
malus
)
cultivated
in
numberless
varieties
in the
temperate
zones
.
2.
(bot.)
Any
tree
genus
Pyrus
which has the
stalk
sunken
into the
base
of the
fruit
; an
apple
tree
.
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
.
4.
Anything
round
like an
apple
; as, an
apple
of
gold
.
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
.
Apple corer
an
instrument
for
removing
the
cores
from
apples
.
- Bartlett.
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
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
Sodomæum
, a
prickly
shrub
with
fruit
not
unlike
a
small
yellow
tomato
.
Apple sauce
stewed
apples
.
Apple snail
(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 -
Apples
of
Sodom
. Also
Fig
.
b -
A
kind
of
gallnut
coming
from
Arabia
. See
Gallnut
.
- S. B. Griffin.
v. i.
1.
To
grow
like an
apple
; to
bear
apples
.
Related Words
apple
tree
,
genus
Malus
,
Malus
,
Malus
pumila
,
orchard
apple
tree
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