Golden Delicious
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- noun
- /ˈɡoʊldən dɪˈlɪʃəs/
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Golden Delicious
- The farmer knows that all that stands behind his house is a wormy old apple tree dropping Golden Delicious.
Examples
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Then the market for eating apples became more and more selective, eventually focusing on two varieties: the Red and Golden Delicious.
Academic text (2005) -
"We saw some that looked like Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, and like the New Zealand variety Gala that is becoming popular," Forsline says.
Academic text (1994) -
Golden Delicious apples are the second most popular apples in the United States after Red Delicious.
Academic text (1997) -
I got a half bushel of golden delicious and a half bushel of pink ladies.
Blog text (3) -
One does not speak of the Golden Delicious, the Granny Smith, and the McIntosh as modes of an apple.
Academic text (1991) -
Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and McIntosh, for example, make up the bulk of U.S. commercial production and are fruit immigrants, spread over the last few centuries by people like John Chapman, the legendary "Johnny Appleseed."
Academic text (1994) -
You don't get any *good* cider until you're picking those Golden Delicious, Winter Bananas, Baldwins, and Russets...
Fiction book (1999) -
PHOTO (COLOR): Entomologists Alan Knight (left) and Carrol Calkins examine Golden Delicious apples for codling moth damage.
Academic text (1997) -
Within two days, they'll be picking Anjou and Bosc dessert pears, eventually Clarke's Red and Golden Delicious, and finally, at the tail end of the season, his Romes and Jonagolds.
Fiction book (1999) -
If you prefer a sweeter taste, try Gala or Golden Delicious apples.
Synonyms
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A round fruit with smooth red, yellow, or green skin and crisp white flesh
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2.9
A green apple with crisp, tart flesh people often put in pies and salads
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A large red apple with a sweet taste and crisp flesh
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A bright red apple with a sweet taste often sold in shops
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A sweet apple with a crisp texture and mild taste
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A large apple that ripens late with crisp flesh and a tart taste
A sweet apple with yellow skin often eaten fresh
A yellow apple that ripens in late autumn and is usually eaten raw
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Morphology
The phrase is an adjective + noun where 'golden' (yellow-coloured) combined with 'delicious' (tasty) yields the straightforward idea of a yellow, tasty apple. Although it is technically a cultivar name, the meaning is compositional and a B1 learner who knows the two words can infer it denotes a sweet, yellow variety of apple.
Etymology
Golden Delicious may come from a simple image: people found a tasty yellow apple tree and called the fruit golden for its colour and delicious for its taste. That's why today Golden Delicious means a 'sweet' yellow apple variety.