love apple

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noun

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

Archaic. the tomato.

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Origin of love apple

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

Words nearby love apple

lovastatin, lovat, love, loveable, love affair, love apple, love arrows, love at first sight, love beads, lovebird, lovebite

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Leapolitan responded by saying, “hopefully youll [sic] bite into a poison apple.”
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What happened to true love knows no boundaries and all that?
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“I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.
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And we have a lot of great guests this season: Greta Gerwig, Natasha Lyonne, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi is back—I love that guy.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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In this case, I suspect, there was co-operant a strongly marked childish characteristic, the love of producing an effect.
Children's Ways|James Sully
The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
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Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment.
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And as she hesitated between obedience to one and duty toward the other, her life, her love and future was in the balance.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Nothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from concealing this part of my story.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift

British Dictionary definitions for love apple

love apple

noun

an archaic name for tomato

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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