bakeapple

American

[beyk-ap-uhl] / ˈbeɪkˌæp əl /

Also bake apple,

noun

Canadian Atlantic Provinces.

cloudberry.

bakeapple British

/ ˈbeɪkˌæpəl /

noun

the fruit of the cloudberry

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Etymology

Origin of bakeapple

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

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In 2001 she cashed out, exercising stock options worth $69 million and setting sail around the world on her 47-foot yacht, Bakeapple, named after arguably the tastiest of Fogo Island’s 15 indigenous berries.

From Newsweek

For dessert, there are blueberries, tart partridge berries, and amber-hued bakeapple berries, topped with thick cream.

From Time Magazine Archive

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