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ORCHARD APPLE TREE

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Meaning:

Native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits

Synonyms:

apple; Malus pumila; orchard apple tree

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("orchard apple tree" is a kind of...):

apple tree (any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits)

Meronyms (parts of "orchard apple tree"):

apple (fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh)

Holonyms ("orchard apple tree" is a member of...):

genus Malus; Malus (apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere)

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