bakeapple

[ beyk-ap-uh l ]
/ ˈbeɪkˌæp əl /

noun Canadian Atlantic Provinces.

cloudberry.

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Also bake apple, baked-ap·ple [beykt-ap-uh l] /ˈbeɪktˈæp əl/, baked-apple berry.

Origin of bakeapple

1765–75; apparently bake (as noun or adj.; cf. bakemeat) + apple, said to be so called because its taste resembles that of a roasted apple

Words nearby bakeapple

bak, bake, bake in, bake sale, bake-off, bakeapple, baked alaska, baked beans, bakegoods, bakehouse, bakelite
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British Dictionary definitions for bakeapple

bakeapple
/ (ˈbeɪkˌæpəl) /

noun

Canadian the fruit of the cloudberry
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