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a fruit so cocky it overthrew Eden, gravity, and a thousand witches with one bite
means A round, firm, edible fruit of the apple tree, usually red, green, or yellow, with crisp flesh and a core of seeds.
from From Old English æppel, which once meant any fruit at all — apples, dates, even nuts could be lumped under the word. It has deep Germanic roots, with cousins like Dutch appel and German Apfel, and a likely older relative in Old Irish ubull. Only over centuries did this generous catch-all narrow down to the specific fruit we now picture, while the old broad sense survives fossilized in oddities like 'pineapple.'
- genetic chaos
- seeds grow into trees totally unlike the parent
- mostly air
- a quarter of an apple is empty space
- rose cousin
- belongs to the same family as roses
- float trick
- they bob because they're less dense than water
- varieties
- over 7,500 distinct types exist worldwide
apple inc — technology company founded by steve jobs in 1976, currently valued over $3 trillion
granny smith apple — green cultivar discovered in australia in 1868, now the most produced apple variety globally
apple of discord — golden apple in greek mythology that started the trojan war