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gopher apple

gopher apple noun: a low-growing, woody, native ground cover found in the Southeastern United States whose plant produces edible, white-to-purple, oval-shaped fruit favored by gopher tortoises.

Noun

gopher apple (plural gopher apples)

  1. A low-growing, woody, native ground cover found in the Southeastern United States whose plant produces edible, white-to-purple, oval-shaped fruit favored by gopher tortoises.

Forms of gopher apple

pluralgopher apples

Questions about gopher apple

What does gopher apple mean?
Gopher apple means a low-growing, woody, native ground cover found in the Southeastern United States whose plant produces edible, white-to-purple, oval-shaped fruit favored by gopher tortoises.
What part of speech is gopher apple?
Gopher apple is a noun.
What is the plural of gopher apple?
The plural of gopher apple is gopher apples.

Words near gopher apple in the dictionary

  1. Gopauls
  2. gopchang
  3. GOPer
  4. GOPers
  5. gopher
  6. gopher apple
  7. gopher apples
  8. gopher ball
  9. gopher balls
  10. gopher frog
  11. gopher frogs

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