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Webster 1913 Edition
Pippin
Pip′pin
,Noun.
[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.
We will eat a last year’s
pippin
. Shakespeare
Normandy pippins
, sun-dried apples for winter use.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pippin
PIP'PIN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pippin
pippin
English
Noun
pippin (plural pippins)
- A seed
Etymology 2
Probably from Middle English pipin (“a seed”), as being raised from the seed.
Noun
pippin (plural pippins)
- Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red
- Any of several roundish or oblate apple varieties
- An apple tree raised from a seed (not grafted)