apple
- Noun:
- A round fruit with firm, crisp flesh and seeds in a core: A common edible fruit, typically with red, yellow, or green skin.
- The tree that bears this fruit: A deciduous tree (Malus domestica) widely cultivated for its fruit.
Noun (Fruit): She ate a crisp, red apple for a snack.The recipe calls for two green apples, peeled and chopped.
Noun (Tree): They planted an apple in the backyard.The old apple blossomed beautifully this spring.
"The apple of one's eye": A person or thing that one cherishes above all others. His youngest daughter was the apple of his eye.
"A rotten apple": A corrupt or bad person who has a negative influence on others within a group. The manager warned that one rotten apple could spoil the whole team.
"To compare apples and oranges": To compare two things that are fundamentally different and not comparable. Comparing their marketing strategies is like comparing apples and oranges; they target completely different markets.
- Applewood (n): The wood of the apple tree, often used for smoking food or in carpentry.
- Applesauce (n): A dish made by cooking apples until soft and mushy.
- Crabapple (n): A small, wild apple tree or its sour fruit.
- Pome (n): A botanical term for a fruit like an apple, having a core.
- Malus (n): The scientific genus name for apple trees.
"To upset the apple cart": To spoil a plan or disrupt a stable situation. His sudden resignation really upset the apple cart for the project.
"As American as apple pie": Used to describe something thought to be typically or quintessentially American. Baseball is considered as American as apple pie.
- native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
- fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh