Granny Smith

Gran·ny Smith

G0229500 (grăn′ē)n. A variety of apple having fruit with green skin and tart, tough flesh.

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[After Maria Ann Smith (died 1870), Australian woman to whom its development is attributed.]

Granny Smith

n (Plants) a variety of hard green-skinned apple eaten raw or cooked [C19: named after Maria Ann Smith, known as Granny Smith (died 1870), who first produced them at Eastwood, Sydney]

Gran′ny Smith′

n., pl. Granny Smiths. a variety of green-skinned apple. [after Maria Ann Smith (d. 1870), who allegedly developed the variety near Sydney, Australia]

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Granny Smith - apple with a green skin and hard tart fleshdessert apple, eating apple - an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking