wolf's peach
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From wolf + -'s + peach. This name arose out of the superstition that tomatoes were poisonous or otherwise savage fruits, suitable for wilder beasts rather than humans.
Noun
[edit]wolf's peach (plural wolf's peaches)
- (obsolete) A tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).
Descendants
[edit]- → Translingual: lycopersicum, Lycopersicon (calque)