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(Encyclopedia) apple maggot, larva of a fruit fly, Rhagoletis pomonella.Chapman, John
(Encyclopedia) Chapman, John, 1774–1845, American pioneer, more familiarly known as Johnny Appleseed, b. Massachusetts. From Pennsylvania—where he had sold or given saplings and apple seeds to…codling moth
(Encyclopedia) codling mothcodling mothkŏdˈlĭng [key], small moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, whose larva is the destructive apple worm. Of European origin, it is now found wherever apples are grown. The…borer
(Encyclopedia) borer, name applied to various animals that are injurious because of their ability to penetrate plant or animal tissues. Among insects, some borers are beetles, e.g., the flatheaded…pawpaw
(Encyclopedia) pawpaw: see custard-apple; papaya.Brewer's: Bragi's Apples
An instant cure of weariness, decay of power, ill temper, and failing health. These apples were inexhaustible, for immediately one was eaten its place was supplied by another. Source:…Brewer's: Singing Apple
was a ruby apple on a stem of amber. It had the power of persuading anyone to anything merely by its odour, and enabled the possessor to write verses, make people laugh or cry, and itself…Brewer's: Adam's Apple
The protuberance in the fore-part of a man's throat; so called from the superstition that a piece of the forbidden fruit which Adam ate stuck in his throat, and occasioned the swelling.…Brewer's: Apple-john
(An). An apple so called from its being at maturity about St. John's Day (May 6th). We are told that apple-johns will keep for two years, and are best when shrivelled. “I am withered like…Brewer's: Median Apples
Pome-citrons. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Median StoneMediaeval A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Trending
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