love apple

love apple

n. A tomato.

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[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 (Plants) an archaic name for tomato

to•ma•to

(təˈmeɪ toʊ, -ˈmɑ-)

n., pl. -toes. 1. a large, mildly acid, pulpy berry, red to red-yellow when ripe, eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable. 2. the plant bearing this berry, Lycopersicon esculentum, of the nightshade family. 3. Older Slang. a girl or woman. [1595–1605; earlier tomate < Sp < Nahuatl tomatl]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

love apple - native to South America; widely cultivated in many varietiesLycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant, tomatotomato - mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetableherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestscherry tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme - plant bearing small red to yellow fruit

Translations

Tomate