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Gra·ven·stein   (grā'vən-stēn')   
n.  A variety of all-purpose apple having a red-streaked green skin.

[After Gravenstein (Graasten), town in Denmark (formerly northern Germany).]

Gravenstein

Gra"ven*stein"\, n. [So called because it came from Gravenstein, a place in Schleswig. Downing.] A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality.
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