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pippin

pippin

5 8.2
An apple with yellow skin and red patches that is crisp and good to eat
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪpɪn/
translation icon : pippin
  • The dinner board was spread with the "groaning" cakes we'd spent weeks preparing, with quince, pippin, and damson marmalades.
  • Pippin apple
  • Newtown pippin
  • Cox's Orange Pippin

Examples

Synonyms

apple
vspippin
583 1.0

A round fruit with smooth red, yellow, or green skin and crisp white flesh

is a specific superior eating variety with yellowish skin flushed with red
Granny Smith
vspippin
4 2.9

A green apple with crisp, tart flesh people often put in pies and salads

is the superior eating type with milder sweet taste and yellowish skin
Golden Delicious
vspippin
1 2.8

A sweet yellow apple with a crisp texture and mild flavor

is a superior eating type often yellowish with red flush
7.4

An apple eaten fresh with yellow to orange skin that tastes sweet and smells nice

is a similar superior eating variety with yellowish skin flushed with red
Yellow Delicious
vspippin
2.1

A sweet apple with yellow skin often eaten fresh

is the superior-eating type with yellowish skin often flushed with red
pearmain
vspippin
  • Archaic
9.0

A type of apple with red skin that is often sweet and crisp

is about superior yellowish fruit with red flush rather than fully red

Compounds

An apple eaten fresh with yellow to orange skin that tastes sweet and smells nice

Surface Forms

pippin singular
pippins plural

Etymology

The word pippin comes from an old French word pepin meaning 'seed' or 'pip', and it first named an apple grown from a seed. Because those seed-grown apples were often tasty and special, pippin came to mean a high-quality eating apple.