| love apple n. A tomato. [Probably translation of French pomme d'amour (from the former belief in the tomato's aphrodisiacal powers) : pomme, apple + de, of + amour, love.] |
love apple
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an archaic name for tomato
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| Noun | 1. |  love apple - native to South America; widely cultivated in many varietiestomato - mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests cherry tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme - plant bearing small red to yellow fruit |
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