PIPPIN


Meaning of PIPPIN in English

ˈpipə̇n noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English pepin, pipin, from Old French pepin

1. chiefly Britain : pip IV 1

2.

a. : a seedling apple or an apple from a seedling clone

b. : any of numerous apples that are typically of superior dessert quality and have usually yellow or greenish yellow skins strongly flushed with red and lightly russeted — compare codling , costard

3. : a highly admired or very admirable person or thing

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