Appleseed
Johnny (John Chapman) 1774–1845, American pioneer and orchardist: prototype for character in American folklore.
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- Apple strudel
noun a baked dessert of apples, spices, and raisins in a flaky or phyllo pastry Examples I have never dared to venture into making real, original, traditional Viennese apple strudel. Word Origin 1923; fr German apfelstrudel Usage Note cooking Historical Examples Who enters Ceiner’s is prepared to dine from barley soup to apple strudel. Americans […]
- Apple sucker
a small homopterous insect, Psyllia mali, originally of Europe, that is a serious pest of apple crops.
- Apple tree borer
Also called flatheaded apple tree borer. the larva of a metallic wood-boring beetle, Chrysobothris femorata, that bores into the wood of apple and other fruit trees. Also called roundheaded apple tree borer. the larva of a long-horned beetle, Saperda candida, that bores into the wood of apple and other fruit trees.
- Apple valley
a town in SE Minnesota.
- Apple, the
apple, the Related Terms the big apple noun phrase New York City •Popularized in the 1970s as a nickname: New York is the Big Apple/ young musicians storming into the Apple (1909+) A jitterbug dance of the mid1930s [apparently fr jazz musicians’ term apple for a city, esp a city in the North; the dance […]