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pip

A contagious disease of fowls, characterised by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.

Origin: OE. Pippe, D. Pip, or F. Pepie; from LL. Pipita, fr. L. Pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf. Pituite.

(Science: botany) A seed, as of an apple or orange.

Origin: Formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin.


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Pips

Any small seed of fleshy fruit is pip. So tomato seeds are, s are apple and orange seeds.

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by Linn
Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:05 pm
 
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What are pip fruits and can anyone give me examples of fruits that have pips? I realise that all pips are seeds but not all seeds are pips. Are tomatoes pip fruits?

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