McIntosh
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A red-skinned apple with white flesh that is tart and crisp
- noun
- /ˈmækɪntɒʃ/
- US
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McIntosh
- You will find the McIntosh variety to be sweet and juicy when eaten raw.
Examples
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They got some of the best McIntosh and Granny Smith apples in the world up here.
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The McIntosh apple is great for making fresh applesauce.
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One does not speak of the Golden Delicious, the Granny Smith, and the McIntosh as modes of an apple.
Academic text (1991) -
Granny Smith, Pippin, McIntosh—a year ago she could have told them apart.
Fiction book (2002) -
She enjoyed snacking on a crunchy McIntosh apple during lunch.
Synonyms
apple
vsMcIntosh
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A round fruit with smooth red, yellow, or green skin and crisp white flesh
is a specific early ripening red-skinned variety often eaten raw or made into sauce
Surface Forms
McIntosh singular
McIntoshes plural
Etymology
McIntosh is the name of an apple that comes from the family name of the man who first grew it. A farmer named John McIntosh found a young apple tree and the fruit kept his name, and the Mc- part is like in McDonald and means 'son of', which helps you remember it is a person's name.