love apple

noun

Synonym of tomato.

Similar
tomatotomato plantLycopersicon esculentum
OriginItalian pomo d'oro ← French pomme d'amour →
First used 1785
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Meanings

nounlove apple (plural love apples)

plural love apples · alternative love-apple · alternative loveapple

  1. uncommonSynonym of tomato.First known use 1785

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

    2002, R. Sterling et al., World Food: Greece, page 47

    Synonyms: tomato

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of tomato.

Similar
tomato

More synonyms by meaning

nounnative to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

Similar
tomatotomato plantLycopersicon esculentum
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
tomato

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchpomme d'amour
  2. Italianpomo d'oro“tomato”
  3. Englishlove apple

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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Chicago

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