Meaning of PIPPIN
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red |
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PIPPIN is a 6 letter word that starts with P. |
| | See Also: | | Cox's Orange Pippin, dessert apple, eating apple | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pip"pin\, n. [Probably fr. OE. pippin a seed, as being
raised from the seed. See {Pip} a seed.] (Bot.)
(a) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not
grafted; a seedling apple.
(b) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as
Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden
pippin.
We will eat a last year's pippin. --Shak.
{Normandy pippins}, sun-dried apples for winter use.
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| | Related Terms: | | ace, beaut, corker, crackerjack, daisy, dandy, darb, dilly, dream, honey, humdinger, killer-diller, knockout, lollapaloosa, lulu, peach, pip, sweetheart, the nuts, whiz |
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