Apple

n.	1.	The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
	2.	(bot.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
	3.	Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
	4.	Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. Apple blight an aphid which injures apple trees. See Blight, n. Apple borer (Zool.) a coleopterous insect (Saperda candida or Saperda bivittata), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. Apple brandy brandy made from apples. Apple butter a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. Apple corer an instrument for removing the cores from apples. - Bartlett. Apple fly (Zool.) any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera Drosophila and Trypeta. Apple midge (Zool.) a small dipterous insect (Sciara mali), the larva of which bores in apples. Apple of the eye the pupil. Apple of discord a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed "For the fairest," which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. Apple of love the tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum). Apple of Peru a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. Apples of Sodom a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of Solanum Sodomæum, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. Apple sauce stewed apples. Apple snail (Zool.) a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria. Apple tart a tart containing apples. Apple tree a tree which naturally bears apples. See Apple, 2. Apple wine cider. Apple worm (Zool.) the larva of a small moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) which burrows in the interior of apples. See Codling moth. Dead Sea Apple a - Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. b - A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut. - S. B. Griffin.
v. i.	1.	To grow like an apple; to bear apples.

Noun	1.	apple - fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
	2.	apple - native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits Synonyms: Malus pumila, orchard apple tree

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APPLE - A revision of APL for the Illiac IV.

Depending on the context of the dream, an Apple can signify love (if the apple is fresh and given to someone), guilt (only if one associates eating an apple with the biblical reference to the garden of Eden). In prophetic dreams the apple is considered to be a very good omen, but the interpretation depends primarily on what the details are. If the apples are ripe there is a promise of financial rewards but if the apples were green, bitter, or tainted in some way then you are in danger of losing something through mistake or foolishness that you would have otherwise gained.apple tree, genus Malus, Malus, Malus pumila, orchard apple tree

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