Origin: transl. of Fr pomme d'amour, Ger liebesapfel, calques of It pomo d'amore, folk etym. for earlier It pomo dei Mori, lit., apple of the Moors
See love apple in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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Origin: Probably translation of French pomme d'amour (from the former belief in the tomato's aphrodisiacal powers)
Origin: : pomme, apple
Origin: + de, of
Origin: + amour, love
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