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pipfruit

noun

Etymology

From pip + fruit.

  1. derived from *bʰruHg-✻
  2. derived from frūctus — “enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”
  3. derived from fruit — “produce, fruits and vegetables”
  4. inherited from fruyt
  5. compounded as pipfruit — “pip + fruit”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of pome.

    • It was noted that direct monetary benefits from the biological control programme would accrue to pipfruit growers and the pipfruit industry.
    • It has been an important pest of pipfruit (the term “pipfruit” refers to apples and pears, because of the small hard seeds (pips) in the centre of the fruit) in Hawke's Bay for at least 50 years (Charles 1989).

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