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apple

ap·ple [ ápp'l ] (plural ap·ples)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. firm round fruit with central core: a firm round fruit with a central core, red, green, or yellow skin, and white or yellow flesh

2. fruit tree: a tree that bears apples. Latin name Malus pumila.

[ Old English æppel< Indo-European]

the apple of somebody's eye somebody or something very much loved and favored by another person

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