עגבנייה
עברית
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עגבנייה
- /(ʕ)aɡ.va.niˈja/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
Coined by early religious Zionist Yechiel Michel Pines in 1886, under the influence of German Liebesapfel (literally “love apple”), from the root ע־ג־ב relating to lust. The word's sexual undertones made it initially controversial, but it outcompeted alternative suggestions by the 1940s.
noun עַגְבָנִיָּה · agvaniyá · עַגְבָנִיּוֹת · עגבניית־ · עַגְבָנִיַּת־ · עַגְבָנִיּוֹת־
- tomato (a widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit)
- tomato (the savory fruit of this plant, most often red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking)
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