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bush apple

bush apple noun: any of various trees resembling the apple or bearing similar fruit, especially the black apple (Planchonella australis).

Noun

bush apple (plural bush apples)

  1. (Australia) Any of various trees resembling the apple or bearing similar fruit, especially the black apple (Planchonella australis).
    • Breakfast was the white heart of a sand palm – succulent and bitter-sweet – and for ‘jam’ we ate bush apples and red ants with green bottoms that were so full of vitamin C they tasted like stings.2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, page 51

Forms of bush apple

pluralbush apples

Questions about bush apple

What does bush apple mean?
Bush apple means any of various trees resembling the apple or bearing similar fruit, especially the black apple (Planchonella australis).
What part of speech is bush apple?
Bush apple is a noun.
What is the plural of bush apple?
The plural of bush apple is bush apples.

Words near bush apple in the dictionary

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  4. bush ape
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  6. bush apple
  7. bush apples
  8. bush babies
  9. bush baby
  10. bush ballad
  11. bush balladry

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