Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - apple
Apple
apple
n. 1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 the tree bearing this. Phrases and idioms apple of one's eye a cherished person or thing. apple-pie bed a bed made (as a joke) with the sheets folded short, so that the legs cannot be accommodated. apple-pie order perfect order; extreme neatness. she's apple Austral. sl. everything is fine. upset the apple-cart spoil careful plans. Etymology: OE {aelig}ppel f. Gmc
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noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High German apful ~, Old Irish ubull, Old Church Slavic ablŭko Date: before 12th century the fleshy usually rounded red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a usually cultivated tree (genus Malus) of the rose family, a fruit (as a star ~) or other vegetative growth (as an oak ~) suggestive of an ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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