Forbidden Fruit(The), Mahometan doctors aver, was the banana or Indian fig, because fig-leaves were employed to cover the disobedient pair when they felt shame as the result of sin. Called “Paradisaica.” Metaphorically, unlawful = forbidden indulgence. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Forbidden Fruit from Infoplease:
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