Apple (noun)

1. A round fruit with a red, green, or yellow skin and a core of small seeds in the middle.
2. Used in idiomatic expressions like "apple of one"s eye" to denote something or someone highly valued or cherished.

Origin:

Old english æppel, of germanic origin; related to dutch appel and german apfel.

Examples:

1. She picked an apple from the tree and took a bite.
2. The teacher gave the student an apple as a reward.
3. He made a pie with apples he picked from the orchard.
4. The doctor told him to eat an apple a day to keep the doctor away.
5. The apple of his eye, his granddaughter, was the light of his life.