ˈapəl noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High German apful, afful, Old Norse apall, epli, Crimean Gothic apel, Old Irish ubull, Old Slavic ablŭko, jablŭko
1.
a. : the pome fruit of any tree of the genus Malus being important economically especially in No. America, Europe, and Australasia and markedly variable but usually round in shape and red, yellow, or greenish in color
apple dumpling
b. : any fruit or other vegetable production that resembles the apple
balsam apple
oak apple
thorn apple
2.
a. : a tree of the genus Malus : apple tree
b. : the wood of the apple tree
3. : something that resembles an apple especially in shape (as a baseball) or color
apple cheeks
4. : apple of one's eye
5. Australia : any of several trees: as
a. : a eucalypt ( Eucalyptus stuartiana ) with pendulous branches and soft whitish bark
b. : any tree of a genus of the myrtle family having opposite leaves and flowers in corymbose panicles