Pippin

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Pippin
    n 1: any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or
         greenish yellow skin flushed with red

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pippin \Pip"pin\, n. [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.
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             We will eat a last year's pippin.    --Shak.
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   {Normandy pippins}, sun-dried apples for winter use.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "pippin":
      ace, beaut, corker, crackerjack, daisy, dandy, darb, dilly, dream,
      honey, humdinger, killer-diller, knockout, lollapaloosa, lulu,
      peach, pip, sweetheart, the nuts, whiz