Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A variety of apple having fruit with dark red skin.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A highly esteemed American apple.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A variety of winter apple of medium size, deep red color, and yellowish flesh of a rich, rather subacid flavor.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun crisp apple with dark red skin

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Examples

  • I used more-tart Winesap and Liberty apples, which is why I used this amount of sugar.

    Rain makes ancho chile applesauce | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

  • No matter which summer shoes she picks, Ms. Morrison says this finishing touch is important: "If your toes are in view, they'd better be glossily pedicured preferably with a Winesap red or some other rich, shiny color," she says.

    Sandal Confidential 2010

  • Greening, Porter, Northern Spy, Winesap, Baldwin, Pearmain: the Alcotts decided to name their new place Orchard House for the varieties of apple trees that grow on its east side.

    Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

  • Lunch: simplest rice pancakes ever (I suspect they look a little like latkes), cubed very squishy ripe pear, vegan pate overlaid with sliced boiled egg, and the absolute last of the McIntosh applesauce (the Winesap having been devoured over the weekend).

    2009 December | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2009

  • I have 3 lbs of Winesap apples, and 6 lbs of McIntosh, because I am a crazy person who has a new Apple Peeler Corer Slicer.

    This Is My Brain on PTSD, Eighth Edition | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2009

  • Lunch: simplest rice pancakes ever (I suspect they look a little like latkes), cubed very squishy ripe pear, vegan pate overlaid with sliced boiled egg, and the absolute last of the McIntosh applesauce (the Winesap having been devoured over the weekend).

    Bento | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2009

  • Lunch: simplest rice pancakes ever (I suspect they look a little like latkes), cubed very squishy ripe pear, vegan pate overlaid with sliced boiled egg, and the absolute last of the McIntosh applesauce (the Winesap having been devoured over the weekend).

    2009 | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2009

  • Lunch: steamed gyoza dumplings with plum sauce for dipping; vegan meatloaf slice with parsley garnish that of course never gets eaten; very sweet white corn no butter, I just microwaved the frozen kernals in the morning; Winesap applesauce.

    Bento for 2009-12-11 | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2009

  • Lunch: steamed gyoza dumplings with plum sauce for dipping; vegan meatloaf slice with parsley garnish that of course never gets eaten; very sweet white corn no butter, I just microwaved the frozen kernals in the morning; Winesap applesauce.

    Bento | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2009

  • Lunch: simplest rice pancakes ever (I suspect they look a little like latkes), cubed very squishy ripe pear, vegan pate overlaid with sliced boiled egg, and the absolute last of the McIntosh applesauce (the Winesap having been devoured over the weekend).

    Bento for 2009-12-14 | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2009

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