truelove

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 ]