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

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The fruit of a rosaceous tree, Pyrus Malus, a native probably of central Asia. The tree is now cultivated in nearly all temperate regions, in numerous varieties, and its fruit is in universal use. It was introduced into America from England in 1629, by the governor of Massachusetts Bay. It is scarcely known in its wild state, but as an escape from cultivation its fruit becomes small, acid, and harsh, and is known as the crab. The cultivated crab-apple is the fruit of other species of Pyrus. See crab.
The tree itself, Pyrus Malus.
A name popularly given to various fruits or trees having little or nothing in common with the apple. Among them are: Adam's apple (the lime, a variety of Citrus medica, and the plantain, Musa paradisiaca); the alligator-apple, Anona palustris; the balsamapple, Momordica Balsamina; the wild balsam-apple, Echinocystis lobata; the beef- or bull-apple, Sideroxylon rugosum; the bitter apple or colocynth, Citrullus Colocynthis; the apple of Cain. A rbutus Unedo; the cedar-apple, an excrescence upon the juniper caused by a fungus (Gymnosporangium macropus); the custard-apple, species of Anona, especially, in the West Indies, A. reticulata, and, in the East Indies, A. squamosa; the devil's or mandrake apple, Mandragora offcinalis; the egg-apple, or Jew's or mad apple, Solanum esculentum; the elephant-or wood-apple, Feronia elephantum; the golden apple of Bengal, Ægle Marmelos; the kangaroo-apple, Solanum laciniatum; the Kei apple, Aberia Caffra; the love-apple or tomato, Lycopersicum esculentum; the mammee-apple, Mammea Americana; the May or Indian apple, Podophyllum peltatum; the monkey-apple, Clusia flava; the Otaheite apple, Spondias dulcis; the apple of Peru, Nicandra physaloides; the Persian apple (an early name for the peach); the pineapple, Ananas sativa; the pond-apple, Anona laurifolia; the prairie-apple, the root of Psoralea esculenta; the rose-apple, species of Eugenia, especially E. Jambos; the seven-year apple, Genipa clusiæfolia; the star-apple, Chrysophyllum Cainito; the sugar-apple, Anona reticulata; the thorn-apple, Datura Stramonium and other species. The wild apples of Queensland are the drupaceous fruit of a species of Owenia.

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The crispy texture of the apples is the perfect foil for the creamy texture of the potatoes, and I was amazed at what a beautiful pairing apples and thyme make. — Cook sister!
But it knows the apples are the main reason people flock here each fall. — WCAX - Local News
No luck there either; their apples were also from Washington, just like TJ's. — Orange County Metblogs
Mostly a slow episode, with random highlights, but the apples were a good touch. — AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
Everything over there is ten times bigger and better than here--the apples are the size of pumpkins, and the brooks are so wide you can't see across them, and it takes you years to ride round a single farm! — A harum-scarum schoolgirl

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