Bramley's Seedling
- noun
- /ˈbræmliːz ˈsiːdlɪŋ/
- UK
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Bramley's Seedling
- I bought some Bramley's Seedling apples for the pie.
Examples
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She bought several Bramley's Seedling apples at the market for her homemade applesauce.
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The recipe calls for a tart apple like a Bramley's Seedling to give the pie its distinctive flavor.
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Bramley's Seedling is prized for its large size and excellent cooking qualities.
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Have you ever tried Bramley's Seedlings in a tart?
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The chef prefers using Bramley's Seedling apples for making his famous pie due to their tart flavor.
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In many British households, Bramley's Seedling apples are a staple for traditional apple crumble.
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For her baking class, she brought Bramley's Seedling apples because they hold their shape well when cooked.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Bramley's + seedling
The noun 'seedling' clearly signals a young plant or varietal, so a B1 learner who knows the words can infer this is a plant/variety associated with the name Bramley. However, the fact that it specifically denotes a well-known British cooking apple variety (its taste, size, and culinary use) is cultural and lexical information not predictable from the constituents, so full meaning is not derivable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Bramley's Seedling is the name of an apple that comes from a single young tree first found in England. One popular story says a woman named Bramley grew a small seedling in her garden and it gave big, green, tart fruit that cooks well, so the name now means a large 'cooking' apple.
