Fameuse

[fuh-myooz]

noun

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

Origin of Fameuse

1800–10; < French, feminine of fameux famous

Also called snow apple.

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Examples from the Web for fameuse

Historical Examples of fameuse

The Fameuse is not well liked in the South, but popular in the North, etc.
Apple Growing
M. C. Burritt
There is the race or family of the russets and of the Fameuse.
The Apple-Tree
L. H. Bailey
He said it was a Fameuse and she declared it was a Yellow Transparent.
The Story Girl
Lucy Maud Montgomery
During one of her first stays in the Loire, she was greeted with the singular formula of admiration, "Fameuse garce!"
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z
Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe