| Adam's apple |
See under Adam. |
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| Apple |
The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. |
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| Apple |
Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. |
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| Apple |
Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. |
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| Apple |
Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. |
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| Apple |
To grow like an apple; to bear apples. |
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| Apple-faced |
Having a round, broad face, like an apple. |
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| Apple-jack |
Apple brandy. |
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| Apple pie |
A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. |
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| Apple-squire |
A pimp; a kept gallant. |
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| Blue-john |
A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes. |
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| Otaheite apple |
The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. |
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| Otaheite apple |
A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries. |
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| Poor-john |
A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality. |
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| Sea apple |
The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea. |
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| Vi-apple |
See Otaheite apple. |
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| Cheap-john |
A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker. |
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| Chess-apple |
The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis). |
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| John |
A proper name of a man. |
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| John's-wort |
See St. John's-wort. |
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