† ˈearth-apple Obs.
[f. earth n.1]
1. In OE. ? A cucumber; also = glossarial L. mandragora.
| c 1000 ælfric Num. xi. 5 Cucumeres þæt synd eorþæppla. c 1000 ― Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 136 Mandragora, eorðæppel. |
2. = sow-bread (? Cyclamen europæum).
| 1601 Holland Pliny II. 300 Cankerous sores are cured with the root of Sowbread, which we call the earth-apple. |
3. ? The potato [transl. Fr. pomme de terre]. In mod. Dicts.