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Pronunciation : True"love`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. One really beloved.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant. See Paris.

3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath. T. R. Lounsbury. Under his tongue a truelove he bore. Chaucer. Truelove knot, a complicated, involved knot that does not readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or engagement; -- called also true-lover's knot.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913