apple

feminine active participle of an unused root meaning to hollow out; something hollowed (as a gate), i.e. pupil of the eye; apple (of the eye).

from נָפַח; an apple (from its fragrance), i.e. the fruit or the tree (probably includ. others of the pome order, as the quince, the orange, etc.); apple (tree). See also בֵּית תַּפּוּחַ.