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Apple
/ˈæp.əl/
Today’s word is River.
What it means
- noun
A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
- noun
Any of various tree-borne fruits or vegetables especially considered as resembling an apple; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of other specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc.
- noun
The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.
Where it comes from
Apple comes from Old English æppel, a word for the fruit that could once mean almost any fruit. It is a cousin of German Apfel and Dutch appel. The fruit is much older than the English name.
In a sentence
- Pick me an apple.by ddnktr, Tatoeba
- I bought an apple.by CK, Tatoeba
- That apple is yours.by skanne, Tatoeba
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