Apple-of-sodom Definition

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(Mediaeval mythology) A gigantic tree supposed to have grown on the site of the destroyed cities Sodom and Gomorrah, whose apples would turn to ash and smoke once picked.

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A flowering plant of northern Africa, Calotropis procera, which bears poisonous fruit.
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A nightshade native to southern Africa, Solanum linnaeanum (synonym Solanum sodomeum), that bears poisonous berries.

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Any of various other plants that bear poisonous fruit.
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apple-of-sodom
Plural:
apples-of-sodom

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