Dead Sea apple

English

Noun

Dead Sea apple (plural Dead Sea apples)

1. A fruit, supposed to dissolve into smoke or ash when plucked.
   • 1862, Duncan George Forbes Macdonald, British Columbia and Vancouver's Island, Comprising a Description of These Dependencies:

     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.

Synonyms

• apple of Sodom