Apple (Noun)
Meaning 1
Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
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Meaning 2
Native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Eating an apple a day is said to have various health benefits.
- The farmer carefully pruned the branches of his apple tree.
- Granny Smith is a popular variety of apple used in pies and tarts.
- The core of the apple was disposed of in the trash can.
- The child eagerly bit into the crisp red apple her mother had given her.