Adam's appleClick to Search Adam's apple |
noun 1. tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand • Syn: crape jasmine, crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricate • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Member Holonyms: Tabernaemontana, genus Tabernaemontana 2. the largest cartilage of the larynx • Syn: thyroid cartilage • Hypernyms: cartilage, gristle • Part Holonyms: larynx, voice box
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American crab appleClick to Search American crab apple |
noun medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit • Syn: garland crab, Malus coronaria • Hypernyms: wild apple, crab apple, crabapple • Member Holonyms: Malus, genus Malus
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appleClick to Search apple |
noun 1. fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: edible fruit, pome, false fruit • Hyponyms: crab apple, crabapple, eating apple, dessert apple, cooking apple • Part Holonyms: orchard apple tree, Malus pumila 2. native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits • Syn: orchard apple tree, Malus pumila • Hypernyms: apple tree • Member Holonyms: Malus, genus Malus
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apple aphidClick to Search apple aphid |
noun bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves • Syn: green apple aphid, Aphis pomi • Hypernyms: aphid • Member Holonyms: Aphis, genus Aphis
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apple blightClick to Search apple blight |
noun a disease of apple trees • Syn: apple canker • Hypernyms: blight
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apple butterClick to Search apple butter |
noun thick dark spicy puree of apples • Hypernyms: conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves
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apple cankerClick to Search apple canker |
noun a disease of apple trees • Syn: apple blight • Hypernyms: blight
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apple dumplingClick to Search apple dumpling |
noun apples wrapped in pastry and baked • Hypernyms: dumpling
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apple fritterClick to Search apple fritter |
noun fritter containing sliced apple • Hypernyms: fritter
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apple geraniumClick to Search apple geranium |
noun geranium with round fragrant leaves and small white flowers • Syn: nutmeg geranium, Pelargonium odoratissimum • Hypernyms: geranium • Member Holonyms: Pelargonium, genus Pelargonium
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apple jellyClick to Search apple jelly |
noun jelly made from apple juice • Hypernyms: jelly • Hyponyms: crabapple jelly
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apple juiceClick to Search apple juice |
noun the juice of apples • Hypernyms: fruit juice, fruit crush
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apple maggotClick to Search apple maggot |
noun larvae bore into and feed on apples • Syn: railroad worm, Rhagoletis pomonella • Hypernyms: fruit fly, pomace fly • Member Holonyms: Rhagoletis, genus Rhagoletis
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apple mintClick to Search apple mint |
noun mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States • Syn: applemint, Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens • Hypernyms: mint
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apple nutClick to Search apple nut |
noun nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons • Syn: ivory nut, vegetable ivory • Hypernyms: seed • Part Holonyms: ivory palm, ivory-nut palm, ivory plant, Phytelephas macrocarpa
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apple of discordClick to Search apple of discord |
noun (classical mythology) a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited); the apple had `for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it; when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War • Topics: classical mythology • Hypernyms: trophy, prize
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apple of PeruClick to Search apple of Peru |
noun 1. coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry • Syn: shoo fly, Nicandra physaloides • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Nicandra, genus Nicandra 2. intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits • Syn: jimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, Datura stramonium • Hypernyms: thorn apple
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apple orchardClick to Search apple orchard |
noun a grove of apple trees • Hypernyms: grove, woodlet, orchard, plantation
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apple pieClick to Search apple pie |
noun pie (with a top crust) containing sliced apples and sugar • Hypernyms: pie
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apple polisherClick to Search apple polisher |
noun someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect • Syn: bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler • Derivationally related forms: truckle (for: truckler), grovel (for: groveler), grovel (for: groveller), fawn (for: fawner), bootlick (for: bootlicker) • Hypernyms: sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser
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apple rustClick to Search apple rust |
noun rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc • Syn: cedar-apple rust, Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae • Hypernyms: rust, rust fungus • Member Holonyms: Gymnosporangium, genus Gymnosporangium
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apple sauceClick to Search apple sauce |
noun puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced • Syn: applesauce • Hypernyms: dish
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apple tartClick to Search apple tart |
noun 1. a small open pie filled with sliced apples and sugar • Hypernyms: tart 2. a tart filled with sliced apples and sugar • Hypernyms: tart
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apple treeClick to Search apple tree |
noun any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: fruit tree • Hyponyms: apple, orchard apple tree, Malus pumila, wild apple, crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple • Member Holonyms: Malus, genus Malus • Substance Meronyms: applewood
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apple turnoverClick to Search apple turnover |
noun turnover with an apple filling • Hypernyms: turnover
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applecartClick to Search applecart |
noun 1. the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' • Hypernyms: planning, preparation, provision 2. a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street • Hypernyms: handcart, pushcart, cart, go-cart
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applejackClick to Search applejack |
noun distilled from hard cider (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: brandy • Substance Holonyms: hard cider
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applemintClick to Search applemint |
noun mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States • Syn: apple mint, Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens • Hypernyms: mint
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applesauceClick to Search applesauce |
noun 1. puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced • Syn: apple sauce • Hypernyms: dish 2. nonsensical talk or writing • Syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, codswallop • Usage Domain: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular • Hypernyms: drivel, garbage
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applesauce cakeClick to Search applesauce cake |
noun moist spicy cake containing applesauce • Hypernyms: cake
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apple-scentedClick to Search apple-scented |
adjective smelling of apples • Similar to: odorous
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apple-shapedClick to Search apple-shaped |
adjective having the general shape of an apple • Similar to: round, circular
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apple-sizedClick to Search apple-sized |
adjective having the approximate size of an apple • Similar to: sized
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appletClick to Search applet |
noun a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface • Hypernyms: application, application program, applications programme
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AppletonClick to Search Appleton |
noun 1. English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966) • Syn: Edward Appleton, Sir Edward Victor Appleton • Instance Hypernyms: physicist 2. a town in eastern Wisconsin • Instance Hypernyms: town • Part Holonyms: Wisconsin, Badger State, WI
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Appleton layerClick to Search Appleton layer |
noun the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission • Syn: F layer, F region • Instance Hypernyms: region, part • Part Holonyms: ionosphere
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applewoodClick to Search applewood |
noun wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus • Hypernyms: fruitwood • Substance Holonyms: apple tree
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balsam appleClick to Search balsam apple |
noun a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit • Syn: Momordica balsamina • Hypernyms: gourd, gourd vine • Member Holonyms: Momordica, genus Momordica
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bell appleClick to Search bell apple |
noun the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle • Syn: sweet cup, water lemon, yellow granadilla • Hypernyms: passion fruit • Part Holonyms: Jamaica honeysuckle, yellow granadilla, Passiflora laurifolia
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blade appleClick to Search blade apple |
noun small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies • Syn: Barbados gooseberry • Hypernyms: edible fruit • Part Holonyms: Barbados gooseberry, Barbados-gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata
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candied appleClick to Search candied apple |
noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) • Syn: candy apple, taffy apple, caramel apple, toffee apple • Hypernyms: sweet, confection
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candy appleClick to Search candy apple |
noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) • Syn: candied apple, taffy apple, caramel apple, toffee apple • Hypernyms: sweet, confection
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caramel appleClick to Search caramel apple |
noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) • Syn: candied apple, candy apple, taffy apple, toffee apple • Hypernyms: sweet, confection
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cherry appleClick to Search cherry apple |
noun Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving • Syn: Siberian crab, Siberian crab apple, cherry crab, Malus baccata • Hypernyms: crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple • Member Holonyms: Malus, genus Malus
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common thorn appleClick to Search common thorn apple |
noun intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits • Syn: jimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, apple of Peru, Datura stramonium • Hypernyms: thorn apple
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cooking appleClick to Search cooking apple |
noun an apple used primarily in cooking for pies and applesauce etc • Ant: eating apple • Hypernyms: apple • Hyponyms: Bramley's Seedling, Lane's Prince Albert, Newtown Wonder, Rome Beauty
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crab appleClick to Search crab apple |
noun 1. any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms • Syn: crabapple, cultivated crab apple • Hypernyms: apple tree • Hyponyms: Siberian crab, Siberian crab apple, cherry apple, cherry crab, Malus baccata, Southern crab apple, flowering crab, Malus angustifolia • Part Meronyms: crabapple 2. any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit • Syn: wild apple, crabapple • Hypernyms: apple tree • Hyponyms: wild crab, Malus sylvestris, American crab apple, garland crab, Malus coronaria, Oregon crab apple, Malus fusca, Iowa crab, Iowa crab apple, prairie crab, western crab apple, Malus ioensis 3. small sour apple; suitable for preserving - example : crabapples make a tangy jelly • Syn: crabapple • Hypernyms: apple • Part Holonyms: crabapple, cultivated crab apple
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cultivated crab appleClick to Search cultivated crab apple |
noun any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms • Syn: crab apple, crabapple • Hypernyms: apple tree • Hyponyms: Siberian crab, Siberian crab apple, cherry apple, cherry crab, Malus baccata, Southern crab apple, flowering crab, Malus angustifolia • Part Meronyms: crab apple, crabapple
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custard appleClick to Search custard apple |
noun 1. any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp • Syn: custard apple tree • Hypernyms: fruit tree • Hyponyms: cherimoya, cherimoya tree, Annona cherimola, ilama, ilama tree, Annona diversifolia, soursop, prickly custard apple, soursop tree, Annona muricata, bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree, bullock heart, Annona reticulata, sweetsop, sweetsop tree, Annona squamosa, pond apple, pond-apple tree, Annona glabra, pawpaw, papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba • Member Holonyms: Annona, genus Annona 2. the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp • Hypernyms: edible fruit • Hyponyms: cherimoya, cherimolla, soursop, guanabana, bullock's heart, Jamaica apple, sweetsop, annon, sugar apple, ilama, pond apple • Part Holonyms: custard apple tree
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custard apple treeClick to Search custard apple tree |
noun any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp • Syn: custard apple • Hypernyms: fruit tree • Hyponyms: cherimoya, cherimoya tree, Annona cherimola, ilama, ilama tree, Annona diversifolia, soursop, prickly custard apple, soursop tree, Annona muricata, bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree, bullock heart, Annona reticulata, sweetsop, sweetsop tree, Annona squamosa, pond apple, pond-apple tree, Annona glabra, pawpaw, papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba • Member Holonyms: Annona, genus Annona • Part Meronyms: custard apple
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dessert appleClick to Search dessert apple |
noun an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking • Syn: eating apple • Ant: cooking apple (for: eating apple) • Hypernyms: apple • Hyponyms: Baldwin, Cortland, Delicious, Empire, Grimes' golden, Jonathan, McIntosh, Northern Spy, Pearmain, Pippin, Prima, Stayman, Winesap, Stayman Winesap, Granny Smith
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eating appleClick to Search eating apple |
noun an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking • Syn: dessert apple • Ant: cooking apple • Hypernyms: apple • Hyponyms: Baldwin, Cortland, Delicious, Empire, Grimes' golden, Jonathan, McIntosh, Northern Spy, Pearmain, Pippin, Prima, Stayman, Winesap, Stayman Winesap, Granny Smith
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green apple aphidClick to Search green apple aphid |
noun bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves • Syn: apple aphid, Aphis pomi • Hypernyms: aphid • Member Holonyms: Aphis, genus Aphis
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Iowa crab appleClick to Search Iowa crab apple |
noun wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers • Syn: Iowa crab, prairie crab, western crab apple, Malus ioensis • Hypernyms: wild apple, crab apple, crabapple • Hyponyms: Bechtel crab, flowering crab
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Jamaica appleClick to Search Jamaica apple |
noun large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp • Syn: bullock's heart • Hypernyms: custard apple • Part Holonyms: bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree, bullock heart, Annona reticulata
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kai appleClick to Search kai apple |
noun South African fruit smelling and tasting like apricots; used for pickles and preserves • Hypernyms: edible fruit • Part Holonyms: kei apple, kei apple bush, Dovyalis caffra
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kangaroo appleClick to Search kangaroo apple |
noun Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit • Syn: poroporo, Solanum aviculare • Hypernyms: nightshade
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kei appleClick to Search kei apple |
noun vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits • Syn: kei apple bush, Dovyalis caffra • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Member Holonyms: Dovyalis, genus Dovyalis • Part Meronyms: kai apple
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kei apple bushClick to Search kei apple bush |
noun vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits • Syn: kei apple, Dovyalis caffra • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Member Holonyms: Dovyalis, genus Dovyalis • Part Meronyms: kai apple
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love appleClick to Search love apple |
noun native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties • Syn: tomato, tomato plant, Lycopersicon esculentum • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Hyponyms: cherry tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme • Part Meronyms: tomato
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mad appleClick to Search mad apple |
noun 1. hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable • Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, Solanum melongena • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Solanum, genus Solanum • Part Meronyms: eggplant, aubergine 2. egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow • Syn: eggplant, aubergine • Hypernyms: solanaceous vegetable • Part Holonyms: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, Solanum melongena
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mammee appleClick to Search mammee apple |
noun 1. tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind • Syn: mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana • Hypernyms: fruit tree • Member Holonyms: Mammea, genus Mammea • Part Meronyms: mamey, mammee 2. globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh • Syn: mamey, mammee • Hypernyms: edible fruit • Part Holonyms: mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana
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May appleClick to Search May apple |
noun 1. edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant • Hypernyms: fruit • Part Holonyms: mayapple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum 2. North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit • Syn: mayapple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Podophyllum, genus Podophyllum
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oak appleClick to Search oak apple |
noun oak gall caused by larvae of a cynipid wasp • Hypernyms: gall
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orchard apple treeClick to Search orchard apple tree |
noun native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits • Syn: apple, Malus pumila • Hypernyms: apple tree • Member Holonyms: Malus, genus Malus • Part Meronyms: apple
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Oregon crab appleClick to Search Oregon crab apple |
noun small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit • Syn: Malus fusca • Hypernyms: wild apple, crab apple, crabapple
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pitch appleClick to Search pitch apple |
noun a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers • Syn: strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major • Hypernyms: strangler, strangler tree • Member Holonyms: genus Clusia
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pond appleClick to Search pond apple |
noun 1. small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock • Syn: pond-apple tree, Annona glabra • Hypernyms: custard apple, custard apple tree 2. ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh; related to custard apples • Hypernyms: custard apple • Part Holonyms: pond-apple tree, Annona glabra
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prickly custard appleClick to Search prickly custard apple |
noun small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit • Syn: soursop, soursop tree, Annona muricata • Hypernyms: custard apple, custard apple tree • Part Meronyms: soursop, guanabana
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rose appleClick to Search rose apple |
noun 1. tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit • Syn: rose-apple tree, jambosa, Eugenia jambos • Hypernyms: fruit tree • Member Holonyms: Eugenia, genus Eugenia 2. fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections • Hypernyms: edible fruit • Part Holonyms: rose-apple tree, jambosa, Eugenia jambos
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Siberian crab appleClick to Search Siberian crab apple |
noun Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving • Syn: Siberian crab, cherry apple, cherry crab, Malus baccata • Hypernyms: crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple • Member Holonyms: Malus, genus Malus
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sorb appleClick to Search sorb apple |
noun 1. medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit • Syn: service tree, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domestica • Hypernyms: mountain ash • Hyponyms: wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis • Part Meronyms: sorb 2. acid gritty-textured fruit • Syn: sorb • Hypernyms: edible fruit • Part Holonyms: service tree, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domestica
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sorb apple treeClick to Search sorb apple tree |
noun medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit • Syn: service tree, sorb apple, Sorbus domestica • Hypernyms: mountain ash • Hyponyms: wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis • Part Meronyms: sorb, sorb apple
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Southern crab appleClick to Search Southern crab apple |
noun small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms • Syn: flowering crab, Malus angustifolia • Hypernyms: crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple
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star appleClick to Search star apple |
noun evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides • Syn: caimito, Chrysophyllum cainito • Hypernyms: fruit tree • Member Holonyms: Chrysophyllum, genus Chrysophyllum
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sugar appleClick to Search sugar apple |
noun sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds • Syn: sweetsop, annon • Hypernyms: custard apple • Part Holonyms: sweetsop, sweetsop tree, Annona squamosa
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taffy appleClick to Search taffy apple |
noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) • Syn: candied apple, candy apple, caramel apple, toffee apple • Hypernyms: sweet, confection
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thorn appleClick to Search thorn apple |
noun any of several plants of the genus Datura • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Hyponyms: jimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, apple of Peru, Datura stramonium • Member Holonyms: Datura, genus Datura
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toffee appleClick to Search toffee apple |
noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) • Syn: candied apple, candy apple, taffy apple, caramel apple • Hypernyms: sweet, confection
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western crab appleClick to Search western crab apple |
noun wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers • Syn: Iowa crab, Iowa crab apple, prairie crab, Malus ioensis • Hypernyms: wild apple, crab apple, crabapple • Hyponyms: Bechtel crab, flowering crab
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wild appleClick to Search wild apple |
noun any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit • Syn: crab apple, crabapple • Hypernyms: apple tree • Hyponyms: wild crab, Malus sylvestris, American crab apple, garland crab, Malus coronaria, Oregon crab apple, Malus fusca, Iowa crab, Iowa crab apple, prairie crab, western crab apple, Malus ioensis
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woolly apple aphidClick to Search woolly apple aphid |
noun primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees • Syn: American blight, Eriosoma lanigerum • Hypernyms: woolly aphid, woolly plant louse • Member Holonyms: Eriosoma, genus Eriosoma
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