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Winesap

American  
[wahyn-sap] / ˈwaɪnˌsæp /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

  1. a red variety of apple that ripens in the autumn.

Etymology

Origin of Winesap

First recorded in 1790–1800; wine + sap 1

Example Sentences

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Stayman Winesap also does well in Adams County.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2021

They come with poetic, old, lip-smacking names such as Albemarle Pippin, Roxbury Russet, Burford’s Redflesh and Winesap.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2016

Winesap accepts an invitation to the man's house, arrives at an isolated and crumbling old estate during a blizzard, and is promptly snowed in for the night.

From Time Magazine Archive

Freddy's mission is not to tear Winesap limb from limb or to discuss how it feels to be taken for a monster.

From Time Magazine Archive

Secretary Barnes: T. W. Harrison, ex-mayor of Topeka, has Winesap apples growing about seven miles southwest of the city that are phenomenal.

From The Apple by Various

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