apple leafn.

Brit.

/ˈapl liːf/, U.S.

/ˈæp(ə)l ˌlif/

Forms: see apple n. and leaf n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: apple n., leaf n.¹

Etymology: < apple n. + leaf n.¹

†1. Apparently: a kind of violet, perhaps the sweet violet, Viola odorata. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers > violet and allied flowers > violet

apple leafa1200

violetc1330

violac1430

March violet1568

blue violet1656

sweet-scented violet1731

Canada violet1771

ladies' delight1809

dame's rocket1866

a1200 Glosses to De Viribus Herbarum of Macer (Vitell. C.iii) in Anglia (1974) 92 286 De violis : appel lef.

a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 559 Uiola, i. uiole, appelleaf.

2. A leaf of (or resembling that of) an apple tree.

ΚΠ

1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 372 I have prepared two Leaves... See Plate II. A the Cherry-Leaf; B the Apple-Leaf, whose Planes are separated.

1776 Edinb. Advertiser 14–18 June There is now in blow in the garden..the Passionflora Maliformis, or Passion tree, with an apple leaf.

1839 Biblical Repertory Apr. 256 My apple-leaves are gone.

1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 71 The brown squirrel eats nuts on the spray And in the apple-leaves chatters the jay.

1911 E. H. Favor Fruit-Growers Guide-bk. vi. 161 (caption) Apple leaves covered with the fungus that causes scab.

a1982 T. Hughes Sel. Poems 1951–81 (1982) 150 The frayed apple leaves, the grunting raven, the defunct tractor Sunk in nettles.

2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Oct. h6 Jay Brunner peeled back an apple leaf to find tiny grubs attacking a common fruit pest named the leafroller.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	apple leaf
释义	apple leafn. Brit. /ˈapl liːf/, U.S. /ˈæp(ə)l ˌlif/ Forms: see apple n. and leaf n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: apple n., leaf n.¹ Etymology: < apple n. + leaf n.¹ †1. Apparently: a kind of violet, perhaps the sweet violet, Viola odorata. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers > violet and allied flowers > violet apple leafa1200 violetc1330 violac1430 March violet1568 blue violet1656 sweet-scented violet1731 Canada violet1771 ladies' delight1809 dame's rocket1866 a1200 Glosses to De Viribus Herbarum of Macer (Vitell. C.iii) in Anglia (1974) 92 286 De violis : appel lef. a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 559 Uiola, i. uiole, appelleaf. 2. A leaf of (or resembling that of) an apple tree. ΚΠ 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 372 I have prepared two Leaves... See Plate II. A the Cherry-Leaf; B the Apple-Leaf, whose Planes are separated. 1776 Edinb. Advertiser 14–18 June There is now in blow in the garden..the Passionflora Maliformis, or Passion tree, with an apple leaf. 1839 Biblical Repertory Apr. 256 My apple-leaves are gone. 1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 71 The brown squirrel eats nuts on the spray And in the apple-leaves chatters the jay. 1911 E. H. Favor Fruit-Growers Guide-bk. vi. 161 (caption) Apple leaves covered with the fungus that causes scab. a1982 T. Hughes Sel. Poems 1951–81 (1982) 150 The frayed apple leaves, the grunting raven, the defunct tractor Sunk in nettles. 2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Oct. h6 Jay Brunner peeled back an apple leaf to find tiny grubs attacking a common fruit pest named the leafroller. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1200
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