love apple

== English == === Alternative forms === love-apple, loveapple === 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. === Noun === love apple (plural love apples) (now uncommon) Synonym of tomato. [from 1785] === See also === apple of love === References === === Further reading === “love apple”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.