groundapple means an apple that has fallen to the ground. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.
Etymology
From ground + apple. Compare earthapple.
noun
- An apple that has fallen to the ground.“It was a chesol deer, tawny as the Plains grasses when they flowered. A number of other wolves – five, six – followed them; these carried groundapples in their mouths.”
- An edible root or tuber, particularly, a potato or turnip.“"Why, it is a ground-apple," and taking it from her he cut off a piece and put it in his mouth. In an instant, he cried: "You vixen! you knew that was Indian turnip - the most infernal thing that ever grew in a civilized country."”