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apple

(Encyclopedia)apple, any tree (and its fruit) of the genus Malus of the family Rosaceae (rose family). Apples were formerly considered species of the pear genus Pyrus, with which they share the characteristic pome ...

May apple

(Encyclopedia)May apple: see barberry.

apple maggot

(Encyclopedia)apple maggot, larva of a fruit fly, Rhagoletis pomonella. ...

apple worm

(Encyclopedia)apple worm: see codling moth.

custard-apple

(Encyclopedia)custard-apple, common name for members of the Annonaceae, a family of shrubs, woody vines, and small trees of the tropics. The custard-apples (Annona squamosa and A. reticulata) and other members of t...

apple of discord

(Encyclopedia)apple of discord: see Paris, in Greek mythology. ...

Jobs, Steven Paul

(Encyclopedia)Jobs, Steven Paul jŏbz [key], 1955–2011, American computer-industry executive, b. San Francisco. He dropped out of Reed College (1972), and working with Stephen Wozniak, helped launch the personal-...

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