Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variety of apple having fruit with skin ranging in color from yellow to yellowish green and sweet, crisp flesh.
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- noun A variety of
apple which ispale yellow /green incolor , and has amild sweet flavour
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sweet eating apple with yellow skin
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Examples
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Mike Doughty announced on his website recently that he's just completed his latest album, called Golden Delicious, due out this coming Februrary.
New Mike Doughty Andrew 2007
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Later in the season, we have just Golden Delicious, which is a good cooking apple.
unknown title 2009
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The Samascott family orchard grows 60 kinds of apples on 100 acres, including several old standbys like Macintoshes and Golden Delicious, as well as other more exotic heirloom strains such as the pink-fleshed Scarlet Surprise, and the oddly-ribbed Caville Blanc.
Richard Schiffman: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Here's the Latest! Richard Schiffman 2012
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The Samascott family orchard grows 60 kinds of apples on 100 acres, including several old standbys like Macintoshes and Golden Delicious, as well as other more exotic heirloom strains such as the pink-fleshed Scarlet Surprise, and the oddly-ribbed Caville Blanc.
Richard Schiffman: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Here's the Latest! Richard Schiffman 2012
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The Samascott family orchard grows 60 kinds of apples on 100 acres, including several old standbys like Macintoshes and Golden Delicious, as well as other more exotic heirloom strains such as the pink-fleshed Scarlet Surprise, and the oddly-ribbed Caville Blanc.
Richard Schiffman: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Here's the Latest! Richard Schiffman 2012
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A note about the black apples: Lighter colored apples Granny Smith, Golden Delicious work well in making the red appear bright and glassy; darker apples like red delicious help the black candy appear as dark as possible.
One For The Table: Adam's Scary Apples One For The Table 2010
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Bliss... they were Golden Delicious, just about the best pie apples ever.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People Jack Canfield 2009
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I wandered into the backyard with a basket and heaped it with Golden Delicious.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People Jack Canfield 2009
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I used Golden Delicious apples, because I had some left from a tart tatin.
Apple Lady Apple Cake Lindy 2009
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This year it hit while we were in Yellowstone and took out our beloved Golden Delicious apple tree.
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