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- DictionaryGranny Smith/ˌɡranɪ ˈsmɪθ/
noun
- 1. a dessert apple of a bright green variety with crisp sharp-flavoured flesh, originating in Australia.
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The Granny Smith, also known as a green apple or sour apple, is an apple cultivar that originated in Australia in 1868. It is named after Maria Ann Smith, who propagated the cultivar from a chance seedling. The tree is thought to be a hybrid of Malus sylvestris, the European wild apple, with the domesticated apple Malus domestica as the polleniser. Wikipedia