apple

Definitions

• A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
• 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 (custard apple), rose apple (rose apple), thorn apple (thorn apple) etc.
• The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.
• A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.
• The wood of the apple tree.
• (in the plural) Short for apples and pears, slang for stairs.
• (baseball) The ball in baseball.
• (informal) When smiling, the round, fleshy part of the cheeks between the eyes and the corners of the mouth.
• (pejorative) A Native American or red-skinned person who acts and/or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.
• (ice hockey slang) An assist.