hedge apple
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A hedge apple fallen on a car’s hood is “not the body / of a green, malignant thought, neither omen nor even / punishment for our evening’s joy.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 1, 2019
Slowly, thoughtfully, I took up catching the hedge apple again, One, two, three..., but I wasn’t really paying attention to my counting anymore.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
What I caught was a dried-up hedge apple.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
We were coming up to the crossing of Quagmire Road and the Hog Scald Road, where there’s a high screen of hedge apple.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Paulie held a large hedge apple in his hand.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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