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apple of Sodom noun

  /ˈæp(ə)l əv ˈsɑdəm/ , /ˈæp(ə)l əv ˈsɒdəm/
  • The mudar (Calotropis procera), a flowering plant, found from northern Africa to southeast Asia, which bears poisonous fruit.
 algodão-de-seda, flor de seda
  • (medieval, _, mythology) 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.
 macieira de Sodoma
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