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Forbidden Fruit

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Noun

1. forbidden fruit

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)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Forbidden Fruit

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noun
any pleasure or enjoyment regarded as illicit, esp sexual indulgence

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Forbidden Fruit

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1. 
the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, forbidden to Adam and Eve: Gen. 2:17; 3:3
2. 
any sinful or forbidden pleasure

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Forbidden Fruit

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n.
An indulgence or a pleasure that is illegal or is believed to be immoral.

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