'Seven-year apple' definitions:

Definition of 'Seven-year apple'

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  • Seven \Sev"en\, a. [OE. seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon, seofan, seofen; akin to D. zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG. sibun, G. sieben, Icel. sjau, sj["o], Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith. septyni, Russ. seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir. seacht, L. septem, Gr. ???, Skr. saptan. [root]305. Cf. Hebdomad, Heptagon, September.] One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week. [1913 Webster]
  • Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4.
  • Seven stars (Astron.), the Pleiades.
  • Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders.
  • Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub ({Genipa clusiifolia}) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit.
  • Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant (Ipom[oe]a tuberosa) related to the morning-glory. [1913 Webster]