Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Apple (-s)
apple (-s), n. [OE] (webplay: eye, love, orchard, reddish, round, tree, yellow).
- Reward; prize; incentive; eternal life.
- Pome; round, sweet, firm fruit of the Rosaceous tree.
- Fruit of the forbidden tree in Genesis 2 of the Bible.
- Phrase. “Apple tree”: woody plant with lovely blossoms and sweet round fruits.
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