apple

Apple is a producer and manufacturer of technological equipment and software. (noun)

An example of Apple is the company that makes the iPod.

An apple is a fruit that comes from a tree and can be green, red, or yellow. (noun)

An example of an apple is fruit that serves as filling for a pie around Thanksgiving.

See apple in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a round, firm, fleshy, edible fruit with a green, yellow, or red skin and small seeds
any of the trees (genus Malus) of the rose family bearing this fruit, widely distributed in temperate regions
any of various plants bearing applelike fruits, or growths, as the May apple, love apple, etc.

See apple in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ăpˈəl)

noun

a. A deciduous Eurasian tree (Malus pumila) having alternate simple leaves and white or pink flowers.
b. The firm, edible, usually rounded fruit of this tree.
a. Any of several other plants, especially those with fruits suggestive of the apple, such as the crab apple or custard apple.
b. The fruit of any of these plants.

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