The Romans apparently used the word apple as a generic fruit, since in addition to "golden apple" for orange they used "seeded apple" (pomum granatum) for pomegranates -- which I guess you call Granatapfel? Coincidentally, some English speakers call pomegranates "Chinese apples."
In English the only apple-as-generic-fruit example I can think of is the pineapple. I wonder if there are others.
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Re: apples
Date: 2008-05-28 04:48 pm (UTC)The Romans apparently used the word apple as a generic fruit, since in addition to "golden apple" for orange they used "seeded apple" (pomum granatum) for pomegranates -- which I guess you call Granatapfel? Coincidentally, some English speakers call pomegranates "Chinese apples."
In English the only apple-as-generic-fruit example I can think of is the pineapple. I wonder if there are others.