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apple

48 1.0
A tree that grows round fruit people eat
  • noun
  • /ˈæpəl/
: manzano
  • In the fall, we visited an apple orchard to pick our own fruit.
  • apple tree
  • apple orchard
  • apple rootstock

Examples

  • "Two years ago," says Sheffer, "we lost 400 apple trees to fire blight."

    Academic text (1999)
  • Go to the apple orchard.

  • I brought you some of my mom's apple pie.

  • In all, the scientists returned from Central Asia with 949 apple tree accessions.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Rory's house was adrift in old apple trees, heavy overgrowth, and weeds as large as trees.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Trees shed pollen, and the air was redolent of apple and pear blossoms.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I picked a delicious apple from the tree in my backyard.

  • For lunch, I packed a sandwich and a fresh apple as a snack.

Synonyms

apple tree
vsapple
24 1.0

A tree that grows round sweet fruits called apples

is the ordinary common name for the cultivated species
1 2.1

A tree grown for its apples that people eat

is the general species term not limited to cultivated trees
Malus pumila
vsapple
  • Specialized
6.5

A tree that grows rounded, edible fruits called apples

is the everyday common name rather than the scientific term

Idioms

A person or thing that someone loves and cares for more than others

A person someone loves and values above all others

Children often look and behave like their parents

1 7.7

Neat and well organized like a tidy room

Compounds

71 1.0

A sweet baked dessert with sliced apples inside a pastry crust

38 1.0

The liquid from apples that people drink

bad apple
  • Informal
25 4.4

A person in a group who causes trouble for others

24 1.0

A tree that grows round sweet fruits called apples

15 3.2

A visible bump on the front of the throat that moves when you swallow

A place with many apple trees that grow fruit

6 1.0

A sweet, smooth food made by cooking and mashing apples, often with sugar and spices

rotten apple
  • Offensive
6 5.3

A person whose bad actions harm others in a group

A sweet piece of fried dough with apple pieces often served warm

4 1.0

A baked sweet pastry like a pie with sliced apples and sugar

4 2.1

A thick sweet spread from apples slowly cooked with sugar and spices until smooth

3 1.3

An apple covered in caramel and held on a stick as a sweet treat

3 4.5

A small sour apple or the tree that grows it often used to make jam

3 3.1

An apple covered in a hard shiny sugar coating

A baked pastry with sweet apple filling wrapped in dough

A white or pink flower on an apple tree that appears in spring

2 2.9

An apple covered in a hard layer of sugar and served on a stick

1 3.0

An apple covered in hard sweet sugar on a stick that you eat as a treat

A baked apple wrapped in dough and served as a sweet dessert

A sweet alcoholic drink with apple taste often served after a meal or in cocktails

1 4.6

A small apple tree that grows naturally with tart fruit

apple polisher
  • Offensive
1 8.7

A person who flatters someone in power to get favours

1 1.1

A sweet clear spread made from apple juice for bread or cooking

apple-pie order
  • Informal
1 8.4

A place or situation where things are very clean and neatly arranged

1 9.9

A plant with spiky fruit and trumpet-shaped flowers that can be poisonous

apple maggot
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A small white worm that bores into apples and eats the inside

1 1.0

A type of apple that you eat raw

1 4.3

A body or object with a round top and a narrower bottom like an apple

love apple
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An old name for a tomato

1 5.8

An apple covered in hard sweet candy on a stick

apple of discord
  • Literature
1 8.9

A thing that causes an argument between people

1 9.6

A small tree that stays green all year and is used to grow roots for other fruit trees

1 5.9

A sweet, soft fruit from a tropical tree that you eat fresh

1 9.9

A large tropical fruit with thick brown skin and sweet yellow or red flesh

pond-apple tree
  • Specialized
1 9.5

A small evergreen tree with edible fruit used as a root for other fruit trees

Apple tax
  • Literature
1 6.9

Extra money you pay for Apple products compared with similar items

A thing that has the smell of apples, like a candle or soap

1 2.2

About the size of an apple

An apple grown to be eaten raw, usually sweet and good for snacking

sugar apple
  • Australian
1 7.0

A sweet tropical fruit with thick bumpy skin and soft white flesh around black seeds

A tree grown for its apples that people eat

An apple used for cooking, like in pies or sauces, not for eating raw

1 9.8

A small yellow fruit that is edible but has a mild taste

A tropical tree from the Americas that grows sweet, soft fruit

oak apple
  • Specialized
1 8.8

A round growth on an oak tree made by baby wasps

cherry apple
  • Indian
1 7.6

A small red apple that tastes tart and is used to make jam

apple blight
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A disease that makes apple tree leaves and fruit rot and can kill trees

A medium-sized tree with pink blossoms and small yellow fruit

1 9.1

A tropical tree that makes a sweet purple fruit with a star shape inside when cut

1 8.3

A tropical tree that produces fragrant, edible fruit like a small apple

A pale pink color like the flowers of an apple tree

mad apple
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A large purple vegetable with shiny skin that you cook and eat

wise apple
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person or remark that is clever but rude

May apple
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A North American plant with large umbrella leaves, a poisonous root, and an edible yellow fruit

cedar-apple rust
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A disease caused by a fungus that makes orange spots on the leaves and fruit of apple and pear trees

apple rust
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A disease on apple and pear trees that makes orange or brown spots

A small hardy tree that makes sour red apples used for jam

balsam apple
  • Indian
1 9.9

A tropical climbing plant with yellow flowers and bright orange bumpy fruit often grown for decoration or medicine

A group of mainly tropical trees and shrubs that includes the custard apple and related fruit trees

1 9.6

A yellow oval fruit with sweet peach-like flesh that grows in swamps

1 3.2

A small plant with leaves that taste cool and smell like apples and are used in cooking and tea

A creeping plant that lives many years and makes soft yellow-orange berries that taste like baked apples

1 9.9

A small wild apple tree with fragrant pink spring flowers

9.9

A yellow tropical fruit with sweet juicy flesh and a strong smell

9.9

A small yellow or orange fruit from a cactus used to make jam and desserts

A tall poisonous plant with bad-smelling leaves, large trumpet-shaped flowers, and spiky fruit

cultivated crab apple
  • Specialized
6.1

A small apple tree grown for its tart fruit or pretty spring flowers

Adam's apple
  • Indian
9.9

A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and fragrant flowers that open at night

A small plant with round sweet-smelling leaves and white flowers

9.8

A hard white seed from a South American palm tree that people polish to make buttons

A tall tropical plant that grows quickly, smells strong, has large trumpet-shaped flowers, and prickly poisonous fruit

7.0

A warm sweet dessert made from apples, often served with custard

A strong drink made from vodka and apples

How Sweet

pulasan
  • Philippine
9.9
mango
73 1.0
banana
348 1.0
orange
337 1.0
apple
48 1.0
rambutan
  • Philippine
1 9.5
lemon
308 1.0

Surface Forms

apple singular
apples plural

Etymology

Apple also names the tree because people first used the word for the fruit and then for the plant that makes it. The same old German word lives on in German Apfel and Dutch appel, which helps explain why we call the plant an apple tree.