love apple en · NOUN
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.
Meanings
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(uncommon) Synonym of tomato.
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| love-apple | alternative | lexicographic | |
| loveapple | alternative | lexicographic | |
| love apples | Number=Plur | lexicographic |