groundapple
groundapple noun: an apple that has fallen to the ground.
Noun
groundapple (plural groundapples)
- An apple that has fallen to the ground.
- It was a chesol deer, tawny as the Plains grasses when they flowered. A number of other wolves – five, six – followed them; these carried groundapples in their mouths.2017, Gill Alderman, Lilith’s Castle
- It's a change of scenery, at least." He picked up a ground apple. "What else do you have in there?"2018, Jessica Marting, Haven
- An edible root or tuber, particularly, a potato or turnip.
- "Why, it is a ground-apple," and taking it from her he cut off a piece and put it in his mouth. In an instant, he cried: "You vixen! you knew that was Indian turnip - the most infernal thing that ever grew in a civilized country."1892, Mrs. S. E. Henderson, Jelard, page 252
- If the child had formerly lived in a country where apples grew, but potatoes did not, the first time he saw a potato he would probably call it a ground-apple.1900, Edwin Herbert Lewis, A Second Manual of Composition
Examples of groundapple in a sentence
- Seven days later the naked Colter, thin from existing on "groundapple," an edible root, his feet bloody, arrived at the fort 220 miles away.1961, Lew Larkin, Vanguard of Empire, page 18:
- "Let's to around back 'til I get them groundapples out of their suits or we'll have to open a can of chowder."1983, Clarissa M. Silitch, Little Book of Yankee Humor, page 201:
Forms of groundapple
| plural | groundapples |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ground-apple |
| alternative form | ground apple |
Origin of groundapple
From ground + apple. Compare earthapple.
Questions about groundapple
- What does groundapple mean?
- Groundapple means an apple that has fallen to the ground.
- How do you use groundapple in a sentence?
- Seven days later the naked Colter, thin from existing on "groundapple," an edible root, his feet bloody, arrived at the fort 220 miles away.
- What part of speech is groundapple?
- Groundapple is a noun.
- What is the plural of groundapple?
- The plural of groundapple is groundapples.
Words near groundapple in the dictionary
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