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.

Origin of love apple

1
1570–80; compare French pomme d'amour,German Liebesapfel

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love apple

noun
  1. an archaic name for tomato

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