(also ~'s seedling )
■ noun ( plural ~s ) an English cooking apple of a large variety with green skin and firm flesh.
Origin
early 20th cent.: named after the English butcher Matthew ~ , in whose garden it first grew.
(also ~'s seedling )
■ noun ( plural ~s ) an English cooking apple of a large variety with green skin and firm flesh.
Origin
early 20th cent.: named after the English butcher Matthew ~ , in whose garden it first grew.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004