pippins

listen to the pronunciation of pippins
English - English
plural of pippin
pippin
{n} the name of an admired apple
pippin
Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red
pippin
{i} any of several varieties of sweet round apples (often with green or yellow skins)
pippin
a small sweet apple (pepin). or Pepin or Pippin the Short born 714 died Sept. 24, 768, Saint-Denix, Neustria King of the Franks (751-768), the first king of the Carolingian dynasty and the father of Charlemagne. A son of Charles Martel, he became mayor of Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence in 741 and de facto ruler of the Franks when his brother entered a monastery in 747. With the backing of the pope, he deposed the last Merovingian ruler, Childeric III, in 751 and was crowned king by the bishops of his realm and, possibly, by the papal legate St. Boniface. Pippin was crowned king in 754 by Pope Stephen II. The king bestowed on the pope the Donation of Pippin and invaded Italy twice (754, 756) to protect the pope from the Lombards. He also put down revolts in Saxony and Bavaria and struggled to subdue rebellious Aquitaine. Pippin called several church councils and promoted religious reform in the kingdom. Donation of Pippin Pippin III Pippin the Short Pippin Horace
pippin
any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red
pippin
An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple
pippin
A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin
pippins
Favorites