A variety of cooking apple with a green and yellow skin; a tree producing such an apple.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Midland Florist. Reportedly so named after Lord Derby, a title of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician.
Definition of Lord Derby in US English:
Lord Derby
nounlɔːd ˈdɑːbi
A variety of cooking apple with a green and yellow skin; a tree producing such an apple.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Midland Florist. Reportedly so named after Lord Derby, a title of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician.