Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pippin"

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) 1.7 (wn)

Pippin
n : any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or
greenish yellow skin flushed with red [syn: {Pippin}]


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