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Yellow Delicious

Yellow Delicious

2.1
A sweet apple with yellow skin often eaten fresh
  • noun
  • /ˈjɛloʊ dɪˈlɪʃəs/
translation icon : Golden Delicious
  • She packed a Yellow Delicious in her lunchbox every day for school.

Examples

  • The orchard specializes in growing Yellow Delicious apples for local markets.

  • I prefer the crispness of Yellow Delicious apples over some red varieties.

  • I bought a Yellow Delicious apple from the market.

  • The Yellow Delicious is one of my favorite apples!

  • Many people enjoy eating a Yellow Delicious apple as a snack due to its sweet flavor.

  • During the harvest season, fresh Yellow Delicious apples are plentiful in local orchards.

  • She prefered the Yellow Delicious variety for her apple pie because of its natural sweetness.

Synonyms

Golden Delicious
vsYellow Delicious
1 2.8

A sweet yellow apple with a crisp texture and mild flavor

is highlighted for being sweet and commonly eaten fresh
Delicious
vsYellow Delicious
1 3.0

A sweet apple with a crisp texture and mild taste

is the yellow-skinned variety commonly eaten fresh rather than a generic sweet apple

Surface Forms

Yellow Delicious singular
Yellow Deliciouses plural

Morphology

yellow + Delicious

The phrase combines a clear colour descriptor 'yellow' with a variety name 'Delicious', so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it refers to a yellow apple variety that is sweet/tasty. The composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern (colour + cultivar/type), and even if 'Delicious' is a proper variety name, the overall meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Yellow Delicious probably comes from the apple's bright yellow skin and its very delicious 'sweet' taste, a simple picture that helped sell the fruit. That's why the name now means a sweet apple with yellow skin that is 'eaten fresh'.