Did you know that the tomato has been given several different names throughout history?

One of the earliest European names for the tomato is Pomi d'oro (from which derives the name for Pomodoro sauce), meaning golden apple.  The French gave the tomato an even more evocative name, perhaps considering it an aphrodisiac: Pomme d'amour, or apple of love.  This moniker, however, hardly put Puritans at ease with the fruit that was already suspect for its infamous relation to the deadly nightshade.

Today, tomatoes are classified under the name Lycopersicon, meaning "wolf peach."  The peach aspect derives from the tomato's round shape and the "wolf" modifier comes from the Germanic folk belief that werewolves could be summoned using members of the nightshade family.