eating apple

/ˌidɪŋ ˈæpəl/

Other forms: eating apples

Definitions of eating apple

1. noun

   an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking
   synonyms: dessert apple

   antonyms:

   cooking apple

   an apple used primarily in cooking for pies and applesauce etc

   types:

   Baldwin

   an American eating apple with red or yellow and red skin

   Cortland

   large apple with a red skin

   Delicious

   variety of sweet eating apples

   Empire

   an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

   Grimes' golden

   yellow apple that ripens in late autumn; eaten raw

   Jonathan

   red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw

   McIntosh

   early-ripening apple popular in the northeastern United States; primarily eaten raw but suitable for applesauce

   Northern Spy

   large late-ripening apple with skin striped with yellow and red

   Pearmain

   any of several varieties of apples with red skins

   Pippin

   any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red

   Prima

   used primarily as eating apples

   Stayman

   apple grown chiefly in the Shenandoah Valley

   Winesap

   crisp apple with dark red skin

   Stayman Winesap

   crisp tart apple; good for eating raw and suitable for cooking

   Granny Smith

   apple with a green skin and hard tart flesh

   Cox's Orange Pippin

   a yellow Pippin with distinctive flavor

   Golden Delicious, Yellow Delicious

   a sweet eating apple with yellow skin

   Red Delicious

   a sweet eating apple with bright red skin; most widely grown apple worldwide

   Macoun

   similar to McIntosh; juicy and late-ripening

   type of:

   apple

   fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh