Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Love \Love\, n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E.
   lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be
   lustful. See {Lief}.]
   1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which
      delights or commands admiration; pre["e]minent kindness or
      devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love
      of brothers and sisters.

            Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest
            sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own.
                                                  --Keble.

   2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
      affection for, one of the opposite sex.

            He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of
            cordial love Hung over her enamored.  --Milton.

   3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,
      to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.

            Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter,
            Helena, And won her soul.             --Shak.

   4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or
      desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often
      with of and an object.

            Love, and health to all.              --Shak.

            Smit with the love of sacred song.    --Milton.

            The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
                                                  --Fenton.

   5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.

            Keep yourselves in the love of God.   --Jude 21.

   6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
      address. ``Trust me, love.'' --Dryden.

            Open the temple gates unto my love.   --Spenser.

   7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.

            Such was his form as painters, when they show Their
            utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.    --Dryden.

            Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
                                                  --Shak.

   8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.

   9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({C. Vitalba}).

   10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in
       counting score at tennis, etc.

             He won the match by three sets to love. --The
                                                  Field.

   Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in
         most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
         love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
         love-taught, etc.

   {A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard
      for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,
      without expectation of reward.

   {Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
      of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See
      {Free love}.

   {Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love.

   {In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of
      the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.

   {Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato.

   {Love bird} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small,
      short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
      {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from
      Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are
      celebrated for the affection which they show for their
      mates.

   {Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between
      lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.

   {Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.

   {Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.

   {Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable
      adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
      --Chaucer.

   {Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.

   {Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love.

   {Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some
      religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists,
      in imitation of the agap[ae] of the early Christians.

   {Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.

   {Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished
      person or party does not score a point.

   {Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus
      {Eragrostis}.

   {Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.)
       (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena})
           having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
           bracts.
       (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[oe]tida}, which has
           similar bracts.

   {Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.

            A little western flower, Before milk-white, now
            purple with love's wound; And maidens call it
            love-in-idleness.                     --Shak.

   {Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.
      --Shak.

   {Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from
      being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual
      affection. --Milman.

   {Love lass}, a sweetheart.

   {Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak.

   {Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth
      ({Amarantus melancholicus}).

   {Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone.

   {Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love,
      or venereal desire.

   {Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope

   {Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the
      stage.

   {Love suit}, courtship. --Shak.

   {Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means.
      [Obs.] ``Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back
      again.'' --Holinshed.

   {The god of love}, or {Love god}, Cupid.

   {To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. ``If you
      will marry, make your loves to me.'' --Shak.

   {To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without
      stakes. ``A game at piquet for love.'' --Lamb.

   Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;
        delight.

Apple \Ap"ple\ ([a^]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel,
   [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G.
   apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. ["a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall,
   W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of
   unknown origin.]
   1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus
      malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the
      temperate zones.

   Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original
         kind, from which all others have sprung.

   2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken
      into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.

   3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or
      supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or
      love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.

   4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.

   Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as,
         apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple
         blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.

   {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See
      {Blight}, n.

   {Apple borer} (Zo["o]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda
      candida or bivittata}), the larva of which bores into the
      trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.

   {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples.

   {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider.
      --Bartlett.

   {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from
      apples.

   {Apple fly} (Zo["o]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of
      which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera
      {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}.

   {Apple midge} (Zo["o]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara
      mali}), the larva of which bores in apples.

   {Apple of the eye}, the pupil.

   {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so
      called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed ``For
      the fairest,'' which was thrown into an assembly of the
      gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for
      by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the
      latter.

   {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum
      esculentum}).

   {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides})
      bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit
      inclosing a dry berry.

   {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as
      externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke
      and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often
      given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[ae]um}, a prickly
      shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.

   {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.]

   {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo["o]l.), a fresh-water,
      operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}.

   {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples.

   {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See
      {Apple, 2.}

   {Apple wine}, cider.

   {Apple worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth
      ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of
      apples. See {Codling moth}.

   {Dead Sea Apple}.
      (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. ``To seek the Dead Sea
          apples of politics.'' --S. B. Griffin.
      (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}.

Source : WordNet®

love apple
     n : native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties
         [syn: {tomato}, {tomato plant}, {Lycopersicon esculentum}]