Meanings
plural bakeapples · alternative baked-apple
- Atlantic CanadaThe cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncreeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Probably bake + apple, influenced by bake in composite words, as suggested by the Oxford English Dictionary. An apparent folk etymology is French baie, qu'appelle which roughly translates as "what's the name of that berry".
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
bakeapple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakeapple
“bakeapple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakeapple. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bakeapple,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakeapple.
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