LOVE APPLE


Meaning of LOVE APPLE in English

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.

[ 1570-80; cf. F pomme d'amour, G Liebesapfel ]

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