Have you ever bitten into a road apple?

People come up with funny names for things sometimes.

Meanwhile in Quebec, they call them patates

And orange is a Chinese apple

I think "ground apples" would better apply to jicama.

Dug up from the ground, somewhat sweet, can be eaten raw or cooked, apple-like in texture...

Actually sounds like you've never had a fresh potato, pulled right out of the ground and eaten on the spot

We also have a potato-like : word "patate". "Pomme de terre" is déformation of "parmetière" from the name of M.Parmentier who introduce potatoes to the french population.

eighty potatoes ..... french translation -> ... "quatre-vingts pommes de terre" (four twenties of earth apples)

Grosse Pomme is New York

Well Italians call tomatoes golden apples

They do make an apple sound when you crunch or slice them so i can see the link