Small seeds found inside fruits like apples, oranges, or grapes. Also refers to the dots on dice or domino pieces, or small signals or sounds.
From Middle English 'pippe,' possibly from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch. Originally referred to apple seeds, then extended to similar small objects like dots on playing cards and dice. The sound meaning developed separately from the seed meaning.
The humble pip connects the organic and artificial worlds - from the genetic potential sleeping in an apple seed to the precise mathematical dots that determine our fate in games of chance. Many fruits we eat daily contain these tiny time capsules of future orchards, yet we barely notice them.
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