Pippin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pippin \Pip"pin\, n. [Probably fr. OE. pippin a seed, as being
     raised from the seed. See {Pip} a seed.] (Bot.)
     (a) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not
         grafted; a seedling apple.
     (b) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as
         Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden


         pippin.
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               We will eat a last year's pippin.    --Shak.
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     {Normandy pippins}, sun-dried apples for winter use.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pippin
       n : any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or
           greenish yellow skin flushed with red

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "pippin":
     ace, beaut, corker, crackerjack, daisy, dandy, darb, dilly, dream,
     honey, humdinger, killer-diller, knockout, lollapaloosa, lulu,
     peach, pip, sweetheart, the nuts, whiz