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hedgeapple

noun

Etymology

From hedge + apple.

  1. inherited from *h₂ébōl✻
  2. inherited from *aplaz✻ — “apple; any type of fruit”
  3. inherited from *applu✻ — “apple; any type of fruit”
  4. inherited from æppel — “apple; any type of fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; eyeball”
  5. inherited from appel — “Malus domestica fruit or tree, apple; any type of fruit, nut, or tuber; tree bearing fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; (Christianity) forbidden fruit in Eden”
  6. compounded as hedgeapple — “hedge + apple”

Definitions

  1. The fruit of the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera), also known as the hedge tree.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA