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forbidden fruit
禁果
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Shad·dock
n.
Bot.
A
tree
(
Citrus decumana
)
and
its
fruit
,
which
is
a
large
species
of
orange
; --
called
also
forbidden fruit
,
and
pompelmous
.
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
For·bid·den
a.
Prohibited
;
interdicted
.
I
know
no
spells
,
use
no
forbidden
arts
.
--
Milton
.
Forbidden fruit
.
(a)
Any
coveted
unlawful
pleasure
, --
so
called
with
reference
to
the
forbidden
fruit
of
the
Garden
of
Eden
.
(b)
Bot.
A
small
variety
of
shaddock
(
Citrus decumana
).
The
name
is
given
in
different
places
to
several
varieties
of
Citrus
fruits
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
forbidden
fruit
n
:
the
original
forbidden
fruit
was
an
apple
from
the
tree
of
knowledge
of
good
and
evil
in
the
Garden
of
Eden
;
it
is
now
used
to
refer
to
anything
that
is
tempting
but
dangerous
(
as
sexuality
)
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