Comrade of Merry, Frodo and Sam (6)

I believe the answer is:

pippin

(Other definitions for pippin that I've seen before include "Variety of eating apple" , "excellent example" , "Kind of eating apple" , "fruit" , "beauty" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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