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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While perfectly safe, ethylene—produced by foods like apples, bananas, stone fruit, and tomatoes—can speed up ripening of ethylene-sensitive fresh fare nearby.
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025
Treats included a feast of apples, peanut butter, sardines in tomato sauce, chicken meat and butterscotch lure, a CDFW spokesperson told USA TODAY.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
For example, imagine the taste of an apple or the feel of a sea breeze on your skin.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Cut your Granny Smith apple and one Honeycrisp apple into a small dice and place in a mixing bowl.
—Nick Siano, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025
Treats included a feast of apples, peanut butter, sardines in tomato sauce, chicken meat and butterscotch lure, a CDFW spokesperson told USA TODAY.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
For example, imagine the taste of an apple or the feel of a sea breeze on your skin.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Cut your Granny Smith apple and one Honeycrisp apple into a small dice and place in a mixing bowl.
—Nick Siano, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Apple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple. Accessed 11 Feb. 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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