Fameuse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Fameuse
1800–10; < French, feminine of fameux famous
Example Sentences
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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
There is a variety under the name Striped Fameuse, claimed to be distinct, the fruit being more striped and less highly colored.
From The Apple by Various
"Fameuse, sa beauté, comme son omelette," as gravely added our driver.
From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman
The Fameuse is not well liked in the South, but popular in the North, etc.
From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.
There is the race or family of the russets and of the Fameuse.
From The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
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