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apples

/ˈæ.pl̩z/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
  2. 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.
  3. The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.
  4. A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.
  5. The wood of the apple tree.
  6. (in the plural) Short for apples and pears, slang for stairs.
  7. To become apple-like.
  8. To form buds.
  9. (Australian rhyming slang) Nice, fine.
  10. Testicles.
  11. Stairs

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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