First Known Use: before 12th century
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apple
noun, ap·ple often attributive \ˈa-pəl\
: a round fruit with red, yellow, or green skin and firm white flesh
Full Definition of APPLE
1
: the fleshy usually rounded red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a usually cultivated tree (genus Malus) of the rose family; also : an apple tree — compare crab apple
2
: a fruit (as a star apple) or other vegetative growth (as an oak apple) suggestive of an apple
— apple of one's eye
: one that is highly cherished <his daughter is the apple of his eye>
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Origin of APPLE
Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High German apful apple, Old Irish ubull, Old Church Slavic ablŭko
APPLE OF ONE'S EYE Defined for Kids
apple
noun ap·ple \ˈa-pəl\
Definition of APPLE for Kids
: a round or oval fruit with red, yellow, or green skin and white flesh that grows on a spreading tree related to the rose
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apple
noun ap·ple \ˈap-əl\
Medical Definition of APPLE
: the fleshy usually rounded and red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a tree (genus Malus) of the rose family; also : an apple tree
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