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slovo definícia pippin (encz) pippin,odrůda jablek n: Zdeněk Brož Pippin (gcide) Pippin \Pip"pin\, n. [Probably fr. OE. pippin a seed, as being raised from the seed. See Pip a seed.] (Bot.) (a) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple. (b) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin. [1913 Webster] We will eat a last year's pippin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Normandy pippins, sun-dried apples for winter use. [1913 Webster] pippin (wn) Pippin n 1: any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red

podobné slovo definícia pippin (encz) pippin,odrůda jablek n: Zdeněk Brož pipping (encz) pipping, Golden pippin (gcide) Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.] [1913 Webster] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. [1913 Webster] 3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. [1913 Webster] Golden age. (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the {silver age}, bronze age, and iron age. --Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D. 14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been considered the golden age of English literature. Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in London having been Lombards. Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict. Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named from its long clusters of yellow blossoms. Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow flowers. Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup. Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila Chrysa["e]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is the ring-tailed eagle. Golden fleece. (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also Toison d'Or. Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang] Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea. Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century. Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.] Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation. [1913 Webster] Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope. Golden mole (Zool), one of several South African Insectivora of the family Chrysochlorid[ae], resembling moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold. Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold. Golden oriole. (Zool.) See Oriole. Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant. Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color. Golden plover (Zool.), one of several species of plovers, of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European ({Charadrius apricarius}, syn. Charadrius pluvialis; -- called also yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover, and whistling plover. The common American species (Charadrius dominicus) is also called frostbird, and bullhead. Golden robin. (Zool.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab. Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some church or person in recognition of special services rendered to the Holy See. Golden rule. (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us. Cf. --Luke vi. 31. (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three. Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe. Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet places in early spring. Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb (Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock and large rounded leaves. Golden sulphide of antimony, or {Golden sulphuret of antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow powder. Golden warbler (Zool.), a common American wood warbler (Dendroica [ae]stiva); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow warbler}, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird. Golden wasp (Zool.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect, of the family Chrysidid[ae]. The colors are golden, blue, and green. Golden wedding. See under Wedding. [1913 Webster] Normandy pippins (gcide) Pippin \Pip"pin\, n. [Probably fr. OE. pippin a seed, as being raised from the seed. See Pip a seed.] (Bot.) (a) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple. (b) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin. [1913 Webster] We will eat a last year's pippin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Normandy pippins, sun-dried apples for winter use. [1913 Webster] Orange pippin (gcide) Orange \Or"ange\ ([o^]r"[e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.] [1913 Webster] 1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus ({Citrus Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe. [1913 Webster] Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the {horned orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree. [1913 Webster] 3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow. [1913 Webster] Mandarin orange. See Mandarin. Mock orange (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant blossoms. Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow berries. Orange bird (Zool.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast. Orange cowry (Zool.), a large, handsome cowry ({Cypraea aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity. Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant (Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow flowers. Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers. Orange pekoe, a kind of black tea. Orange pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor. Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito. Orange scale (Zool.) any species of scale insects which infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale (Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale ({Mytilaspis Gloveri}), and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii). [1913 Webster] Pipping (gcide) Pip \Pip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pipping.] [See Peep.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep. [1913 Webster] To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]