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Ribston pippin

Ribston pippin noun: a triploid cultivar of winter apple with firm flesh and a yellow skin streaked with red.

Noun

Ribston pippin (plural Ribston pippins)

  1. A triploid cultivar of winter apple with firm flesh and a yellow skin streaked with red.
    • […] that the officiating clerk peeled and ate three Ribstone pippins while it was performing.1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 55

Forms of Ribston pippin

pluralRibston pippins
alternative formRibstone pippin

Origin of Ribston pippin

Named after Ribston in Yorkshire, where Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705) first introduced them.

Questions about Ribston pippin

What does Ribston pippin mean?
Ribston pippin means a triploid cultivar of winter apple with firm flesh and a yellow skin streaked with red.
What part of speech is Ribston pippin?
Ribston pippin is a noun.
What is the plural of Ribston pippin?
The plural of Ribston pippin is Ribston pippins.

Words near Ribston pippin in the dictionary

  1. ribspare
  2. ribspares
  3. ribsteak
  4. ribsteaks
  5. Ribston
  6. Ribston pippin
  7. Ribston pippins
  8. ribstone
  9. Ribstone pippin
  10. Ribstone pippins
  11. ribstones

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