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† Earth-apple. World English Historical Dictionary

† Earth-apple. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1897, rev. 2025. † Earth-apple Obs. [f. EARTH sb.1]

1   1.  In OE. ? A cucumber; also = glossarial L. mandragora.

2 c. 1000.  Ælfric, Num. xi. 5. Cucumeres þæt synd eorþæppla. Ibid. (c. 1000), Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 136. Mandragora, eorðæppel.

3   2.  = SOW-BREAD (? Cyclamen europæum).

4 1601.  Holland, Pliny, II. 300. Cankerous sores are cured with the root of Sowbread, which we call the earth apple.

5   3.  ? The potato [transl. Fr. pomme de terre]. In mod. Dicts.

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