Stayman Winesap

6.8

A crisp, tart apple often eaten fresh or used for cooking

noun

: Stayman Winesap

She prefers to bake pies with Stayman Winesap apples because of their tart flavor.

Examples

You can enjoy Stayman Winesap apples fresh or use them in your favorite recipes.
The orchard boasts many Stayman Winesap trees that produce fruit each autumn.
I love eating Stayman Winesap apples fresh.
The Stayman Winesap is perfect for pies.
She prefers to bake pies with Stayman Winesap apples because of their tart flavor.
You can enjoy Stayman Winesap apples fresh or use them in your favorite recipes.
The Stayman Winesap is perfect for pies.

Synonyms

Stayman

vsStayman Winesap

7.9

A tart, firm apple grown mainly in the Shenandoah Valley

is defined by crisp texture and use for eating or cooking

How Tart

Granny Smith

4 2.9

Stayman Winesap

6.8

Golden Delicious

1 2.8

Red Delicious

2 3.0

Surface Forms

Stayman Winesap singular

Stayman Winesaps plural

Morphology

Stayman + Winesap

Both constituents are names of apple varieties, so a learner who knows 'Stayman' and 'Winesap' as types of apple can directly infer that 'Stayman Winesap' denotes a specific apple cultivar and its properties. The compound functions as a straightforward proper-name combination for a fruit variety, a transparent compositional pattern that B1 learners can grasp from the parts and context.

Etymology

Stayman Winesap is named for the grower Mr. Stayman, who made a new apple from the older apple called Winesap. So the name simply means 'a type of apple' and explains why it is used for eating fresh or for cooking because of its crisp, tart taste.