Seeb is the Persian word for apple commonly included among the Haft-sin items.
The apple is one of the familiar symbolic displays on a Nowruz table. Its Persian name, seeb, begins with the letter س, or sin, which is the defining feature of the Haft-sin arrangement. The other objects are selected for symbolic associations such as health, renewal, patience, or prosperity.
Seeb is easy to confuse with seer, the Persian word for garlic, because both names begin with the same sound and both may appear on the table. Senjed, meaning oleaster fruit, and somaq, meaning sumac, are other commonly listed examples.
Not every household interprets the items identically, and regional lists can differ. The stable rule is that the principal seven objects traditionally begin with the Persian letter sin.