apple

/ˈæpəl/
noun
  1. A round fruit with red, green, or yellow skin and white flesh, commonly eaten raw or used in cooking.
    • She bit into a crisp red apple for a snack.
    • I like to bake an apple pie for dessert.
    • The farmer picked a basket of green apples from the tree.
  2. The tree that produces this fruit.
    • The apple in the backyard is full of blossoms in spring.
    • They planted a new apple in the orchard last year.
    • The old apple still bears fruit every autumn.
  3. A term used in the name of other fruits or plants that resemble the apple in some way, such as the crab apple or pineapple.
    • Pineapple is not actually an apple, but it is called one.
    • The custard apple has a sweet, creamy texture.
    • The crab apple tree has small, tart fruits.
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