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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  We  will  eat  a  last  year's  pippin.  --Shak. 
 
  {Normandy  pippins},  sun-dried  apples  for  winter  use 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Pippin 
  n  :  any  of  numerous  superior  eating  apples  with  yellow  or 
  greenish  yellow  skin  flushed  with  red  [syn:  {Pippin}] 




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