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Love apple

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of tomato. uncommon

    "Perhaps the most common vegetable in Greece is the tomato... How far the little love apple has come."

  2. 2
    native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties wordnet

Etymology

Calque of Italian pomo d'oro (“tomato”, literally “golden apple”), confusing d’oro (“golden”) with d’amore (“love”), or from French pomme d'amour, equivalent to love + apple.

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