Usually means: Sour fruit used as deterrent.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. bitter apple: Merriam-Webster
  2. bitter apple: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bitter apple: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bitter apple: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bitter apple: Wordnik
  6. bitter apple: Wiktionary
  7. bitter apple: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Bitter apple, bitter apple: Dictionary.com
  9. bitter apple: FreeDictionary.org
  10. bitter apple: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. bitter apple: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bitter apple: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (bitter apple)

noun:  Citrullus colocynthis, a vine that bears a hard, bitter fruit.
noun:  A bitter preparation applied to an object to discourage dogs from chewing on it.

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