(1):
(n.) The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
(2):
(n.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
(3):
(n.) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
(4):
(n.) Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
(5):
(v. i.) To grow like an apple; to bear apples.