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Webster 1828 Edition


Loveapple

LOVE'APPLE

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Noun.
A plant of the genus Solanum.

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loveapple

loveapple

See also: love apple

English

Noun

loveapple (plural loveapples)

  1. Alternative form of love apple
    • 1810, Select Reviews - Volume 4 - Page 234:
      They cultivate, besides, various kinds of the tomatl or loveapple, and the pistachio or earthnut.
    • 1833, Richard Dolby, The cook's dictionary, and housekeeper's directory:
      Prepare your fillet the same as for roasting and larding (receipt the second), and dish it over loveapple sauce.