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apple British & World English

the round fruit of a tree of the rose family, which typically has thin green or red skin and crisp flesh

apple pie British & World English

a pie made with apples

Big Apple British & World English

a name for New York City

oak apple British & World English

a spongy spherical gall which forms on oak trees in response to the developing larvae of a gall wasp

cider apple British & World English

an apple of a variety that is used in cider-making

crab apple British & World English

a small sour apple

star apple British & World English

an edible purple fruit with a star-shaped cross section

sugar apple British & World English

another term for sweetsop.

thorn apple British & World English

a poisonous datura with large trumpet-shaped white flowers and toothed leaves, which has become a weed of waste ground in many countries

Adam's apple British & World English

a projection at the front of the neck formed by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx, often prominent in men

apple butter British & World English

a paste of spiced stewed apple used as a spread or condiment, typically made with cider

apple-cheeked British & World English

(of a person) having round rosy cheeks

apple-knocker British & World English

a person who picks or sells apples

apple-pie bed in apple pie British & World English

a bed which, as a practical joke, has been made with one of the sheets folded back on itself so that a person’s legs cannot be stretched out

Apple Valley British & World English

a town in southwestern California, northeast of Los Angeles; population 70,200 (est. 2008)

balsam apple British & World English

another name for bitter melon

bitter apple British & World English

another term for colocynth.

cashew apple British & World English

the swollen edible fruit of the cashew tree, from which the cashew nut hangs, sometimes used to make wine

custard apple British & World English

a large fleshy tropical fruit with a sweet yellow pulp

eating apple British & World English

an apple that is suitable for eating raw

rotten apple British & World English

used to refer to a morally corrupt person in a group, regarded as capable of having an adverse effect on others

toffee apple British & World English

an apple coated with a thin layer of toffee and fixed on a stick

a rotten or bad apple in apple British & World English

a bad or corrupt person in a group, especially one whose behaviour is likely to have a detrimental influence on the others

apple-head doll (also apple doll) British & World English

in American folk art, a doll whose head has been fashioned from a dried peeled apple

pink fir apple British & World English

a potato of a pink-skinned knobbly variety

the apple of one's eye in apple British & World English

a person of whom one is extremely fond and proud

upset the apple cart in apple British & World English

spoil a plan or disturb the status quo

apple tree in apple British & World English

the tree bearing apples, with hard pale timber that is used in carpentry and to smoke food

appletini British & World English

a cocktail consisting of vodka mixed with apple juice, apple liqueur, or cider

roseapple British & World English

a tropical evergreen tree cultivated for its foliage and fruit

sorb British & World English

the fruit of the true service tree

apple cider in cider British & World English

an unfermented drink made by crushing fruit, typically apples

mammee apple in mammee (also mamee, mamey) British & World English

a tropical American tree having large edible red fruit with sweet yellow flesh

oak apple in apple British & World English

used in names of unrelated fruits or other plant growths that resemble apples in some way, e.g. custard apple, oak apple

the apple never falls far from the tree in apple British & World English

important family characteristics are usually inherited

crab-apple tree in crab apple British & World English

the small tree that bears the crab apple

crab tree in crab apple British & World English

the small tree that bears the crab apple

custard apple in apple British & World English

used in names of unrelated fruits or other plant growths that resemble apples in some way, e.g. custard apple, oak apple

Eurasian crab apple in crab apple British & World English

the small tree that bears the crab apple