FORBIDDEN FRUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forbidden fruit mean? 

• FORBIDDEN FRUIT (noun)
  The noun FORBIDDEN FRUIT has 1 sense:

1. originally 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)

  Familiarity information: FORBIDDEN FRUIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORBIDDEN FRUIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Originally 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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("forbidden fruit" is a kind of...):

enticement; temptation (something that seduces or has the quality to seduce)