Meanings
nounDead Sea apple (plural Dead Sea apples)
plural Dead Sea apples
- A fruit, supposed to dissolve into smoke or ash when plucked.
The man who makes himself a slave to gold is a miserable wretch indeed, winning for his prize the "Dead Sea apple" - golden without, but ashes within.
1862, Duncan George Forbes Macdonald, British Columbia and Vancouver's Island, Comprising a Description of These DependenciesSynonyms: apple of Sodom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fruit, supposed to dissolve into smoke or ash when plucked.
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