Antonovka
Antonovka noun: an apple cultivar, noted for a strong acidic flavour and ability to sustain harsh winters.
Noun
Antonovka (plural Antonovkas)
- An apple cultivar, noted for a strong acidic flavour and ability to sustain harsh winters.
- She looked at some apples, turned a few over, took a whiff of some others, but just couldn't make up her mind which to buy — it was as though her whole fate depended on it. She finally spied some golden ones with the fragrance of champagne — smooth round Antonovkas. And above them was the smiling...2003, David Shraer-Petrov, Jonah and Sarah: Jewish Stories of Russia and America, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 10
- It was easy: a quick jump over a low stone wall, a dash past a few rows of berry bushes, and there it was— the cursed tree with its absurd apples. Large poison-green spheres with deeply scalloped bottoms: Antonovkas. They were a good eating apple, but Jarmo had no interest in them.2004, Sven A. Linholm, Orbits. Volume I : on Becoming a Man : a Novel, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 70
Forms of Antonovka
| plural | Antonovkas |
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Questions about Antonovka
- What does Antonovka mean?
- Antonovka means an apple cultivar, noted for a strong acidic flavour and ability to sustain harsh winters.
- What part of speech is Antonovka?
- Antonovka is a noun.
- What is the plural of Antonovka?
- The plural of Antonovka is Antonovkas.
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