often attributive
1
: the fleshy, usually rounded red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a usually cultivated tree (genus Malus) of the rose family
also
: an apple tree compare crab apple
2
: a fruit (such as a star apple) or other vegetative growth (such as an oak apple) suggestive of an apple
Examples of apple in a Sentence
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Instead, it’s geared for farms that grow fruits and vegetables, like the apple orchards in Washington, the orange groves in Florida and the peach trees in Georgia.
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
Others see Maye’s landing spot scattered throughout the top of the first round — from dipping outside of the top five picks to being the apple of the eye of a team trading up into that same range.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
Thin marble-size fruits on mature stone fruit, apple and pear trees.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
The limited-edition drink is made with bananas, wild blueberries, apples, blueberry juice blend, white grape lemon juice blend, protein blend and blue spirulina, a blue-green algae powder.
—The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Eckert’s Farm The ultimate spot for apple picking and securing the largest, best Halloween pumpkins in town!
—Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
None of the items allowed for seamless apples to apples comparisons.
—Kimberly Cataudella Tutuska, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
Who knows: Perhaps sake could soon be as American as apple pie.
—Shana Clarke, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Final Thoughts For many people, chewing dip is as American as apple pie.
—Larry Carroll, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
Others see Maye’s landing spot scattered throughout the top of the first round — from dipping outside of the top five picks to being the apple of the eye of a team trading up into that same range.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
Thin marble-size fruits on mature stone fruit, apple and pear trees.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
The limited-edition drink is made with bananas, wild blueberries, apples, blueberry juice blend, white grape lemon juice blend, protein blend and blue spirulina, a blue-green algae powder.
—The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Eckert’s Farm The ultimate spot for apple picking and securing the largest, best Halloween pumpkins in town!
—Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
None of the items allowed for seamless apples to apples comparisons.
—Kimberly Cataudella Tutuska, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
Who knows: Perhaps sake could soon be as American as apple pie.
—Shana Clarke, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Final Thoughts For many people, chewing dip is as American as apple pie.
—Larry Carroll, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
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apple
noun
ap·ple
ˈap-əl 
: a rounded fruit with a red, yellow, or green skin, firm white flesh and a seedy core
also
: the tree of the rose family that bears this fruit
Medical Definition
apple
noun
ap·ple
ˈap-əl
: the fleshy usually rounded and red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a tree (genus Malus) of the rose family
also
: an apple tree
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