wolf's peach

English

Etymology

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

wolf's peach (plural wolf's peaches)

  1. (obsolete) A tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).

Descendants

  • → Translingual: lycopersicum, Lycopersicon (calque)
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