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Encyclopedia > Apple (disambiguation)
Look up apple in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

An apple is a widely cultivated tree, used for its fruit. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ...


Apple may also mean:

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Computing

Apple Computer, Inc. ... A.P.P.L.E., also known as Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange was initially established in 1978 by Val J. Golding. ...

Food

  • Candy Apple, a treat made by rolling apples in caramel and then nuts

Candy apples (United Kingdom/Ireland/Australia: Toffee apples) are a common treat at Halloween because the holiday comes in the wake of the annual apple harvest. ...

Entertainment

The Apple is a second season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. ... The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... The Apple is a Sci-fi-musical film directed by Menahem Golan from a screenplay by Golan, Coby Recht and Iris Recht. ... This article is about the Hong Kong version of the tabloid newspaper. ...

Music

Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ... Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ... Apple is the one and only full-length album by Mother Love Bone. ... Apple was a British psychedelic rock band. ...

Product

Youth with pipe, by Hendrick Jansz Terbrugghen A smoking pipe is a device used for smoking combustible substances such as tobacco and cannabis. ... The Apple was a short-lived United States automobile manufactured in Dayton, Ohio from 1917 to 1918. ...

Law

Between 1978 and 2006 there have been a number of legal disputes between Apple Corps (owned by The Beatles) and the computer manufacturer Apple Computer over competing trademark rights. ...

Organization

  • APPLE, Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment, was India's first Geostationary communication satellite, launched June 19, 1981.

Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ...

Places

The Big Apple is a nickname or alternate toponym for New York City. ... Apple River is a village located in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. ... The Apple River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about 40 mi (65 km) long, in southwestern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois in the United States. ... Apple River is a town located in Polk County, Wisconsin. ... Apple River in Amery, Wisconsin For the tributary of the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois, see Apple River (Illinois). ... Apples is a commune in Switzerland. ... Apple Valley is a city located in northwestern Dakota County of Minnesota, and a suburb of the Twin Cities. ...

People

  • Apple Martin, daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin
  • Benjamin Apple
  • Charlie Apple, veteran cult favorite Pittsburgh R&B disc jockey
  • Fiona Apple, singer-songwriter
  • a derrogatory term for a Native American who 'sells out' Native values for white culture (red on the outside, but white on the inside)

Apple Blythe Alison Martin is the daughter of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay lead-singer Chris Martin. ... Benjamin Appel, or Benjamin Apple (1907, New York City - 1977) was an American writer (novelist). ... Charlie C.A. Apple (born 1941 - Penn Hills, Pennsylvania) is a veteran R&B and oldies radio disc jockey from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Fiona Apple Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is a Grammy award winning American singer-songwriter. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Apple (2120 words)
Apples are the fruit (specifically a pome) of a tree of the genus Malus, which is a member of the Rose family (Rosaceae), and have been cultivated throughout recorded history.
Apples are difficult to grow organically, though a few orchards have done so with commercial success, using disease-resistant varieties and the very best cultural controls.
Another Greek mythological figure, Paris, had to give a golden apple (which came from the goddess of discord, Eris) to the most beautiful goddess, indirectly causing the Trojan War, while Atalanta was distracted during a race by three golden apples thrown for that purpose by a suitor, Hippomenes.
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