Sea´ ap´ple

(Bot.) The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Apples of Sodom

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Nothing grows in the flat, burning desert around it but weeds and the Dead Sea apple the poets say is beautiful to the eye, but crumbles to ashes and dust when you break it.

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'The area should be conserved as it has some unique trees such as Balau Putih, Kelat Jambu Laut or Sea Apple and Ambung Ambung also known as Sea Lettuce Tree, which attract the turtles and we don't have many beach forests left in the country.

Three reasons to gazette Perak's Segari Melintang as a state park, and soon

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