Usually means: Tempting, but morally or legally prohibited.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. forbidden fruit: Merriam-Webster
  2. forbidden fruit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. forbidden fruit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. forbidden fruit: Collins English Dictionary
  5. forbidden fruit: Vocabulary.com
  6. forbidden fruit: Wordnik
  7. forbidden fruit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. forbidden fruit: Wiktionary
  9. forbidden fruit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. forbidden fruit: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. forbidden fruit: Dictionary.com
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  13. forbidden fruit: Rhymezone
  14. forbidden fruit: FreeDictionary.org
  15. forbidden fruit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Forbidden Fruit: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  17. forbidden fruit: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Forbidden fruit: Phrase Finder

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  1. forbidden fruit: Encyclopedia

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  1. forbidden fruit: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. forbidden fruit: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. forbidden fruit: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Happy Hour Spirit & Liqueur Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (forbidden fruit)

noun:  (biblical) The fruit forbidden to Adam.
noun:  (idiomatic) Illicit pleasure.
noun:  Something desired that cannot be had.
noun:  A small variety of shaddock (Citrus maxima), or sometimes other citrus fruits.

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