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spitzenberg

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spitz⋅en⋅burg

  [spit-suhn-burg]
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–noun
any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
Also, spitz⋅en⋅berg.

Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism; short for Esopus Spitzenberg, after Esopus, N.Y. + D spits point + berg mountain; so called from its being found on a hill near Esopus
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