English Explanatory Dictionary

pippin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A seed.
noun
  1. Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red.
  2. Any of several roundish or oblate apple varieties.
  3. An apple tree raised from a seed (not grafted).
  4. An excellent or admirable person or thing.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name.

Word forms

pippin pippins

Etymology

From Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin). See pip.

Derived words

Normandy pippin pippin file Ribstone pippin Ribston pippin
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