McIntosh

Meanings

Proper Noun

Noun

  • A cultivar of apple whose fruit has red and green skin, tart flavor and white flesh that ripens in late September.

Related

Similar words

  • McIntosh Red
  • Mac
  • McIntosh apple
  • McIntosh apple tree
  • McIntosh tree

Origin

  • Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche.
  • Named after John McIntosh (farmer) of Ontario, Canada, who discovered the original single tree in 1796.

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