apples of Sodom

A form of apple of Sodom — A gigantic tree supposed to have grown on the site of the destroyed cities Sodom and Gomorrah (see Genesis 18–19 in the Bible), the apples of which would turn to ash and smoke once picked.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of apple of Sodom
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