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love apple

noun

  1. a tropical, tender plant, Solanum aculeatissimum, of the nightshade family, having prickly leaves, clusters of large, star-shaped white flowers, and red, tomatolike fruit.
  2. Archaic. the tomato.


love apple

noun

  1. an archaic name for tomato
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of love apple1

1570–80; compare French pomme d'amour, German Liebesapfel
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“You love pie and you love apples so I know you would just love this apple cobbler.”

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He was feeding a rhinoceros an apple — he learned rhinos love apples — when he got a call from a Minnesota number a minute after the deadline to inform him of the move.

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“Poison apples” or “love apples” were an attractive route to temptation or death.

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They love apples and want them every day – until they don't.

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“At 365, we love apples too, and get them from the same suppliers, but they may be smaller, less beautiful.”

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