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cedar apple

American  

noun

  1. a brown gall on the branches of the juniper, produced by several rust fungi of the genus Gymnosporangium.

Etymology

Origin of cedar apple

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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Godfrey tasted a cedar apple, and immediately was seized with illness.

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Enemies: The “cedar apple,” commonly found on this tree, represents a stage of the apple rust, and for that reason it is not desirable to plant such trees near orchards.

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"Well, Red Cedar, Apple tree, Hickory and Elm seem to be the only ones that grow around here."

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