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–noun

1.	the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family.

2.	the tree, cultivated in most temperate regions.

3.	the fruit of any of certain other species of tree of the same genus.

4.	any of these trees.

5.	any of various other similar fruits, or fruitlike products or plants, as the custard apple, love apple, May apple, or oak apple.

6.	anything resembling an apple in size and shape, as a ball, esp. a baseball.

7.	Bowling. an ineffectively bowled ball.

8.	Slang. a red capsule containing a barbiturate, esp. secobarbital.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME appel, OE æppel; c. OFris, D appel, OS apl, appul, OHG apful (G Apfel), Crimean Goth apel < Gmc *aplu (akin to ON epli < *apljaⁿ); OIr ubull (neut.), Welsh afal, Breton aval < pre-Celtic *ǫblu; Lith óbuolas, -ỹs, Latvian âbuol(i)s (with reshaped suffix), OPruss woble, perh. Thracian (din)upla, (sin)upyla wild pumpkin, OCS (j)ablŭko (repr. *ablŭ-ko, neut.) < Balto-Slavic *āblu-. Cf. Avalon

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n.

1. A deciduous Eurasian tree (Malus pumila) having alternate simple leaves and white or pink flowers.
2. The firm, edible, usually rounded fruit of this tree.
3. Any of several other plants, especially those with fruits suggestive of the apple, such as the crab apple or custard apple.
4. The fruit of any of these plants.
1. Any of several other plants, especially those with fruits suggestive of the apple, such as the crab apple or custard apple.
2. The fruit of any of these plants.

[Middle English appel, from Old English æppel.]

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O.E. æppel "apple," from P.Gmc. *ap(a)laz (cf. O.Fris., Du. appel, O.N. eple, O.H.G. apful, Ger. Apfel), from PIE *ab(e)l "apple" (cf. Gaul. avallo, O.Ir. ubull, Lith. obuolys, O.C.S. jabloko), but the exact relation and original sense of these is uncertain. Gk. melon and L. malum are probably from a pre-I.E. Mediterranean language. A generic term for all fruit, other than berries but including nuts, as late as 17c., hence its use for the unnamed "fruit of the forbidden tree" in Genesis. Cucumbers, in one O.E. work, are eorþæppla, lit. "earth-apples" (cf. Fr. pomme de terre "potato," lit. "earth-apple;" see also melon). Fr. pomme is from L. pomum "fruit."

"A roted eppel amang þe holen, makeþ rotie þe yzounde." ["Ayenbite of Inwit," 1340]

Apple of Discord (c.1400) was thrown into the wedding of Thetis and Peleus by Eris (goddess of chaos and discord), who had not been invited, and inscribed kallisti "To the Prettiest One." Paris, elected to choose which goddess should have it, gave it to Aphrodite, offending Hera and Athene, with consequences of the Trojan War, etc. Apple of one's eye (O.E.), symbol of what is most cherished, was the pupil, supposed to be a globular solid body. Apple-polisher "one who curries favor" first attested 1928 in student slang.

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apple
noun
1.	fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
2.	native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits

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apple

In addition to the idioms beginning with apple, also see polish the apple; rotten apple; upset the applecart.

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apple [ˈӕpl] noun

a round fruit (usually with a green or red skin) which can be eaten
Example: an apple tree; a slice of apple

Arabic:	تُفّاحَة
Chinese (Simplified):	苹果
Chinese (Traditional):	蘋果
Czech:	jablko
Danish:	æble; æble-
Dutch:	appel
Estonian:	õun
Finnish:	omena
French:	pomme
German:	der Apfel
Greek:	μήλο
Hungarian:	alma
Icelandic:	epli
Indonesian:	buah apel
Italian:	mela

Japanese:	りんご
Korean:	사과
Latvian:	ābols
Lithuanian:	obuolys
Norwegian:	eple
Polish:	jabłko
Portuguese (Brazil):	maçã
Portuguese (Portugal):	maçã
Romanian:	măr
Russian:	яблоко
Slovak:	jablko
Slovenian:	jabolko
Spanish:	manzana
Swedish:	äpple
Turkish:	elma

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APPLE language
A revision of APL for the Illiac IV.
(1995-04-28)

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Apple Valley, CA (town, FIPS 2364) Location: 34.52935 N, 117.21416 W
Population (1990): 46079 (16672 housing units)
Area: 174.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92307, 92308

Apple Creek, OH (village, FIPS 2232) Location: 40.74832 N, 81.83351 W
Population (1990): 860 (332 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 44606

Apple Grove, WV Zip code(s): 25502

Apple River, IL (village, FIPS 1673) Location: 42.50194 N, 90.09467 W
Population (1990): 414 (191 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61001

Apple Springs, TX Zip code(s): 75926

Apple Valley, MN (city, FIPS 1900) Location: 44.74915 N, 93.19745 W
Population (1990): 34598 (11538 housing units)
Area: 44.9 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55124

Pine Apple, AL (town, FIPS 59880) Location: 31.87373 N, 86.98768 W
Population (1990): 365 (227 housing units)
Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36768

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Ap"ple\ ([a^]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. ["a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.]

1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.

Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung.

2. (bot.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.

3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.

4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.

Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.

Apple blight, an aphid which injures apple trees. See Blight, n.

Apple borer (Zo["o]l.), a coleopterous insect (Saperda candida or bivittata), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.

Apple brandy, brandy made from apples.

Apple butter, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. --Bartlett.

Apple corer, an instrument for removing the cores from apples.

Apple fly (Zo["o]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera Drosophila and Trypeta.

Apple midge (Zo["o]l.) a small dipterous insect (Sciara mali), the larva of which bores in apples.

Apple of the eye, the pupil.

Apple of discord, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed "For the fairest," which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter.

Apple of love, or Love apple, the tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum).

Apple of Peru, a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry.

Apples of Sodom, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of Solanum Sodom[ae]um, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.

Apple sauce, stewed apples. [U. S.]

Apple snail or Apple shell (Zo["o]l.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria.

Apple tart, a tart containing apples.

Apple tree, a tree which naturally bears apples. See Apple, 2.

Apple wine, cider.

Apple worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) which burrows in the interior of apples. See Codling moth.

Dead Sea Apple. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. "To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics." --S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut.