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English Dictionary: pippin by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pippin
n
  1. any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red
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.
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