Fameuse

American  

[fuh-myooz] / fəˈmyuz /

noun

1. an American variety of red apple that ripens in early winter.

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Etymology

Origin of Fameuse

1800–10; < French, feminine of fameux famous

Example Sentences

Vermonters call it "oldfashioned" because it has so many varieties�high-flavored Spitzenburg, hardy Wealthies, late-ripening Fameuse, good-cooking Greenings, fine-for-cider Russets, as well as English Pippins and an Australian species.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Northern Spy, the McIntosh, and the Fameuse are not to be excelled as they are grown in the Champlain Valley, in Vermont, or in Maine.

From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.

Although the Abb� de Richelieu had, as we have mentioned, departed for Hungary, the Fameuse Com�dienne retains him on the stage and makes him play a particularly odious r�le.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

Placards, rich in indicative illustrations of hands all forefingers, point, with a directness never vouchsafed the sinner eager to find the way to right and duty, to the inn of "L'Incomparable, la Fameuse Omelette!"

From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman

Have tried and discarded Yellow Transparent, Rambo, Fameuse, and others.

From The Apple by Various