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apple noun

  /ˈæp(ə)l/ , /ˈæpɐl/ , /ˈæpɨɭ/
  • (geometry) The surface of revolution of a circular arc of an angle greater than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc's two endpoints.
  • (obsolete, botany) Synonym of pome (“a type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels”).
  • A tree of the genus Malus; especially Malus domestica which is cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree. [from 15th c.]
omena
  • Often with a qualifying word: any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing (such as a cone or gall) produced by a plant, especially if from a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica (sense 1.1). [from 9th c.]
hedelmä
  • (informal) The round, fleshy part of a cheek between the eye and the corner of the mouth when a person is smiling.
poskipää
  • (smoking) In full apple bowl: a round bowl of a tobacco pipe; also, a tobacco pipe with such a bowl.
pyöreä pesä

apple verb

  /ˈæp(ə)l/ , /ˈæpɐl/ , /ˈæpɨɭ/
  • (obsolete, except, UK, dialectal) Of a flower bud or vegetable (especially a root vegetable): to grow into the shape of an apple.
kasvaa omenan muotoiseksi
  • (transitive) To make (something) appear like an apple (noun sense 1.1).
muuttaa omenan näköiseksi, muuttua omenan näköiseksi
  • (UK, dialectal, rare) To collect fir-cones.
poimia käpyjä
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