a round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh:
an apple pie * apple sauce * a garden with three apple trees
seealsoADAM'SAPPLE, BIGAPPLE, COOKINGAPPLE, CRABAPPLE, EATINGAPPLE, TOFFEEAPPLE
IDIOMS
the apple of sb's eye a person or thing that is loved more than any other:
She is the apple of her father's eye.
moreatAMERICANadj., ROTTEN
