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wolf's peach

wolf's peach noun: a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).

Noun

wolf's peach (plural wolf's peaches)

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

Forms of wolf's peach

pluralwolf's peaches

Origin of wolf's peach

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.

Questions about wolf's peach

What does wolf's peach mean?
Wolf's peach means a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).
What part of speech is wolf's peach?
Wolf's peach is a noun.
What is the plural of wolf's peach?
The plural of wolf's peach is wolf's peaches.

Words near wolf's peach in the dictionary

  1. wolf's bane
  2. Wolf's Castle
  3. wolf's head
  4. wolf's heads
  5. wolf's milk
  6. wolf's peach
  7. wolf's peaches
  8. wolf's ticket
  9. wolf's whelp
  10. wolf's-claw
  11. wolf's-fist

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