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love apple
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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
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an archaic name for tomato
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Noun1.love applelove apple - native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties
Lycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant, tomato
tomato - 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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