APPLE
ap·ple definition
Pronunciation: /ˈap-əl/
Function: n
: the fleshy usually rounded and red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a tree (genus Malus ) of the rose family
also : an apple tree
also: Apple of Discord (c.1400) was thrown into the wedding of Thetis and Peleus by Eris (goddess of chaos and discord), who had not been invited, and inscribed kallisti "To the Prettiest One." Paris, elected to choose which goddess should have it, gave it to Aphrodite, offending Hera and Athene, with consequences of the Trojan War, etc. Apple of one's eye (O.E.), symbol of what is most cherished, was the pupil, supposed to be a globular solid body. Apple-polisher "one who curries favor" first attested 1928 in student slang.