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| apple |
An apple is a hard, round fruit with red, green, or yellow skin. Apples grow on trees. [2 definitions] |
| article |
the words "a," "an," and "the." These are used before nouns to express whether the noun is a specific example of something ("the chair") or whether the noun is just one of a class of things ("a chair," "an apple"). [1/4 definitions] |
| bite |
When you bite something, you cut it with your teeth. If you're going to eat an apple, the first thing you do is bite it. [1/4 definitions] |
| calorie |
A calorie is a unit of energy that a food can give to your body. Cheese has more calories than an apple, so cheese gives the body more energy. If the energy is not used for doing something, the body stores that energy in the body, usually as fat. |
| cinnamon |
Cinnamon is a brown spice. It comes from Asia, and it is made from the dried bark of a tree. Americans often use cinnamon in baked things like breakfast rolls and apple pie. |
| core |
The center of a round, solid object is its core. The center part of our planet Earth is called the core. The core of the Earth is similar to the core of an apple because they are both at the very center. [2/4 definitions] |
| crab apple |
a small, hard, sour apple used for making jelly. [1/2 definitions] |
| fact |
A fact is something that most people agree is true because it has been tested or been seen to be true again and again. It is a fact that fish need water to live. It is a fact that an apple is a fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
| fruit |
the part of a plant that has seeds and flesh, such as apple or strawberry. Most fruits are sweet and can be eaten raw. |
| per |
When you pay fifty cents per apple, it means that you pay fifty cents for each apple. If your mom works 40 hours per week, it means that she works 40 hours each week. |
| pie1 |
A pie is a food that is baked in a round dish in an oven. It has a crust made of a flour dough, and the crust is filled with fruit or other types of filling. Many pies are sweet, like apple pie or cherry pie, but some pies, like meat pies, are not. |
| poison |
If an evil witch poisons an apple in a fairytale, it means that the witch adds poison to the apple. [1/3 definitions] |
| produce |
When a living thing produces something, they bring it into the world as a completely new thing. When a chicken produces eggs, it brings eggs into the world. When an apple tree produces apples, it grows them, and then people can see them on the tree or on the ground. [1/5 definitions] |
| rest2 |
"The rest" means "all the others" or the "whole other part." When one apple in a bowl is green, but the rest are red, it means that all the other apples are red. [1/2 definitions] |
| rotten |
When a fruit, vegetable, or piece of wood is rotten, it is bad or starting to become weak and broken down. If you stand on a rotten piece of wood, it will probably break into pieces. If you eat a rotten apple, you might get sick. [1/2 definitions] |
| russet |
an apple with rough, reddish skin. [1/3 definitions] |
| season |
A season is a time during a year that something different or special happens. The apple season, for example, is a certain part of the year when apples are ready to be picked. [1/3 definitions] |
| section |
When you section an apple, you divide the apple into parts. [1/2 definitions] |
| smooth |
When something is smooth, the surface is very even. It doesn't have any bumps. If you touch something smooth, it is very easy to move your fingers over it. The skin of an apple is smooth, but the skin of a pineapple is not smooth at all. [1/3 definitions] |
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