often attributive
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 (such as a star apple) or other vegetative growth (such as an oak apple) suggestive of an apple
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The bourbon is floral on the nose, featuring icing sugar, mint leaf, butterscotch, apple cider spices, and ginger aromas.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Fruits with pulp and peels, like apples and citrus fruits, are rich sources of pectin.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2025
The piece was about the cycle of life—the apple would rot and eventually disintegrate.
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There were apples to be cored and then cut into geometrically and aesthetically pleasing slices.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Fruits with pulp and peels, like apples and citrus fruits, are rich sources of pectin.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2025
The piece was about the cycle of life—the apple would rot and eventually disintegrate.
—David Sheff, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
There were apples to be cored and then cut into geometrically and aesthetically pleasing slices.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Apple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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apple
noun
ap·ple
ˈap-əl 
: a rounded fruit with a red, yellow, or green skin, firm white flesh and a seedy core
also
: the tree of the rose family that bears this fruit
Medical Definition
apple
noun
ap·ple
ˈap-əl
: 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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