Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.
 
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- noun   Any of various kinds of 
apple , mostly ofFrench origin . 
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thank you for illuminating my day by sharing your happiness! reinette |
épanouie 2007
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Not long ago, we had to wait in line at an electronic scale, stare at a panel of 50 or so produce depictions (looking for the picture of the banana or leek or pomme* in question) push the corresponding button to retrieve the adhesive price ticket, stick that on the see-through bag and worry about if it we did right selecting "pomme* reinette" when maybe it was a "pomme rouge" * after all?
Culture 2006
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Not long ago, we had to wait in line at an electronic scale, stare at a panel of 50 or so produce depictions looking for the picture of the banana or leek or pomme* in question push the corresponding button to retrieve the adhesive price ticket, stick that on the see-through bag and worry about if it we did right selecting "pomme* reinette" when maybe it was a "pomme rouge"* after all?
Culture 2006
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If the syrup does not jelly enough, peelings of more acid, more pectin-rich reinette or capendu apples which Cotgrave in his Dictionarie says are “more delicious than the pepin” may be boiled in it.
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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If the syrup does not jelly enough, peelings of more acid, more pectin-rich reinette or capendu apples which Cotgrave in his Dictionarie says are “more delicious than the pepin” may be boiled in it.
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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Gaudichaud [918] exhibited before the French Institute, bearing on the same branch two distinct kinds of apples, one a _reinette rouge_, and the other like a _reinette canada jaunâtre_: this double-bearing variety can be propagated by grafts, and continues to produce both kinds; its origin is unknown.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845
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I can’t help it, i really like your mills&boon series … reinette |
sunday 2007
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'reinette,' in the best corner of the orchard, and it shall be her tree.
Grandmother Dear A Book for Boys and Girls Mrs. Molesworth 1880
 
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