Sea apple

Sea apple
Sea apple Sea" ap"ple (Bot.) The fruit of a West Indian palm ({Manicaria Plukenetii}), often found floating in the sea. --A. Grisebach. [1913 Webster]

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  • Dead Sea Apple — Apple Ap ple ([a^]p p l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [ a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Dead Sea apple — noun a fruit, supposed to dissolve into smoke or ashes 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. Syn: apple of Sodom …   Wiktionary

  • Apple — Ap ple ([a^]p p l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [ a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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