pippin

English

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English pipin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin). See pip.

Noun

pippin (plural pippins)

1. A seed

Etymology 2

Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English pipin (“a seed”), as being raised from the seed.

Noun

pippin (plural pippins)

1. Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red
2. Any of several roundish or oblate apple varieties
3. An apple tree raised from a seed (not grafted)