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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Truelove \True"love`\, n. 1. One really beloved. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A plant. See Paris. [1913 Webster] 3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath. --T. R. Lounsbury. [1913 Webster] Under his tongue a truelove he bore. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Truelove knot, a complicated, involved knot that does not readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or engagement; -- called also true-lover's knot. [1913 Webster]