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    3 months ago

    Apple is probably the most common interpretation because a lot of languages use it as kind of a vague fruit term, and the Bible has been retranslated and reinterpreted roughly one million times. The French call potatoes apples

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      3 months ago

      Including English: æppel meant any kind of fruit, which is why you have names like pineapple and elephant apple.

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      3 months ago

      The french call potatoes earth apples. Pomme de terre.

      It is also an older german term for them, though I believe austria still uses it: Erdapfel.