love apple

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love apple

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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.

noun love apples · love-apple · loveapple

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

    Similar: tomato

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"love apple." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/love%20apple. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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love apple. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/love%20apple

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"love apple." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/love%20apple.

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@misc{love_apple_2026,
  title = {love apple},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/love%20apple},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}