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apple-pie noun & adjective. L16.
[from APPLE + PIE noun2.]
A. noun.
A pie with a filling of apples. L16.
The great willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum. Also apple-pie-plant. (From the odour of its flowers and shoots.) dial. M19.
Comb. & phrases: apple-pie bed a bed made as a practical joke, with sheets so folded that one's legs cannot be stretched out; apple-pie order perfect order; MOTHERHOOD and apple-pie.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Representing or displaying homespun conservative virtues regarded as traditionally American. M20.