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spitz•en•burg
(spit′sən bûrg′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- 1795–1805, American; short for Esopus Spitzenberg, after Esopus, north, northern.Y. + Dutch spits point + berg mountain; so called from its being found on a hill near Esopus