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apple

87 1.0
A tree that grows round fruit people eat
  • noun
  • /ˈæpəl/
translation icon : 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
21 1.0

A tree that grows round sweet fruits called apples

is the ordinary common name for the cultivated species
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
2.1

A tree grown for its apples that people eat

is the general species term not limited to cultivated trees

Idioms

A person someone loves and values above all others

Children often look and behave like their parents

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

1 7.7

Neat and well organized like a tidy room

Compounds

41 1.0

A sweet baked dessert with sliced apples inside a pastry crust

31 1.0

The liquid from apples that people drink

21 1.0

A tree that grows round sweet fruits called apples

bad apple
  • Informal
16 4.4

A person in a group who causes trouble for others

9 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

4 1.3

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

3 3.1

An apple covered in a hard shiny sugar coating

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

3 1.0

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

3 1.0

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

3 2.1

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

A baked pastry with sweet apple filling wrapped in dough

1 4.5

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

rotten apple
  • Offensive
1 5.3

A person whose bad actions harm others in a group

1 3.0

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

1 2.9

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

1 1.0

A type of apple that you eat raw

1 4.6

A small apple tree that grows naturally with tart fruit

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

apple maggot
  • Specialized
1 7.2

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

apple of discord
  • Literature
1 8.9

A thing that causes an argument between people

apple polisher
  • Offensive
1 8.7

A person who flatters someone in power to get favours

apple-pie order
  • Informal
1 8.4

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

love apple
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An old name for a tomato

1 9.6

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

pond-apple tree
  • Specialized
1 9.5

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

1 5.8

An apple covered in hard sweet candy on a stick

1 9.9

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

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

cedar-apple rust
  • Specialized
9.1

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

cherry apple
  • Indian
7.6

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

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

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

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

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

5.9

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

cultivated crab apple
  • Specialized
6.1

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

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

Adam's apple
  • Indian
9.9

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

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

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

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

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

9.8

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

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

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

apple rust
  • Specialized
7.0

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

Apple tax
  • Literature
6.9

Extra money you pay for Apple products compared with similar items

A strong drink made from vodka and apples

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

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

About the size of an apple

apple blight
  • Specialized
6.3

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

apple aphid
  • Specialized
7.1

A small bright green insect that eats apple tree leaves and makes them curl

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

A pale pink color like the flowers of an apple tree

apple canker
  • Specialized
7.9

A disease that makes the bark of apple trees die and form sunken areas

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

balsam apple
  • Indian
9.9

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

mad apple
  • Archaic
9.9

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

9.9

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

9.9

A tropical tree that has large fruit you can eat and gives shade

May apple
  • Specialized
9.9

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

9.8

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

A small green insect that eats apple tree leaves and makes them curl

A small wild apple tree with fragrant pink spring flowers

9.3

A large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft, slightly sour flesh

kei apple bush
  • South African
9.9

A spiny shrub from South Africa that grows round yellow fruit you can eat

kei apple
  • South African
9.9

A spiny shrub with round yellow fruits you can eat

kai apple
  • South African
9.9

A South African fruit with a sweet apricot-like smell and taste used for jams and pickles

How Sweet

pulasan
  • Philippine
9.9
mango
34 1.0
banana
153 1.0
orange
126 1.0
apple
87 1.0
rambutan
  • Philippine
9.5
lemon
318 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.