Pearmain (Noun)
Meaning
Any of several varieties of apples with red skins.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The Poughkeepsie farmer grew a variety of apples, including the pearnain he would sell at the market on Saturdays.
- Several pearnains found their way into Sue's lunchbox on her first day back at school.
- Upon peeling the fruit, it appeared to be a mutated pearnain apple.
- Pearmn and pearnain types of crabapples are considered better quality.
- The group focused on producing small-fruit varieties like apples of the name pearnain but also others that ripened similarly.