apple acid
31May apple — noun 1. edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant • Hypernyms: ↑fruit • Part Holonyms: ↑mayapple, ↑wild mandrake, ↑Podophyllum peltatum 2. North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit • Syn: ↑ …
32sorb apple — noun 1. medium sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit • Syn: ↑service tree, ↑sorb apple tree, ↑Sorbus domestica • Hypernyms: ↑mountain ash • Hyponyms: ↑wild service tree, ↑ …
33Jamaica apple — noun large heart shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp • Syn: ↑bullock s heart • Hypernyms: ↑custard apple • Part Holonyms: ↑bullock s heart, ↑bullock s heart tree, ↑bullock heart, ↑ …
34prickly custard apple — noun small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit • Syn: ↑soursop, ↑soursop tree, ↑Annona muricata • Hypernyms: ↑custard apple, ↑custard apple tree • Part Meronyms: ↑ …
35malic acid — noun Etymology: French acide malique, ultimately from Latin malum apple, from Greek mēlon, malon Date: 1790 a crystalline dicarboxylic acid C4H6O5; especially the levorotatory isomer of malic acid that is found in various fruits (as apples) and… …
36malic acid — [mal′ik, mā′lik] n. [Fr acide malique < L malum < Gr mēlon, apple] a crystalline acid, COOHCH2CH(OH)COOH, occurring in apples and other fruits …
37Balsam apple — Balsam Bal sam (b[add]l sam), n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin, Gr. ba lsamon. See {Balm}, n.] 1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil. [1913 Webster] Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances,… …
38soap apple — Soap Soap, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[=a]pe; akin to D. zeep, G. seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[=a]pa, Sw. s?pa, Dan. s?be, and perhaps to AS. s[=i]pan to drip, MHG. s[=i]fen, and L. sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.] A substance which dissolves in water,… …
39wood apple — noun 1. : a small tree (Limoina acidissima or Feronia elephantum) of the family Rutaceae of southeastern Asia that yields a hard heavy durable yellowish wood and is often cultivated for its acid hard rinded fruit which is used as a food and… …
40malic acid — [ malɪk] noun Chemistry a crystalline acid present in unripe apples and other fruits. Origin C18: malic from Fr. malique, from L. malum apple …
