See apple of Sodom on Wiktionary
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"sense": "Calotropis procera",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pommier de Sodome"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Calotropis procera",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Oscher"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tapúaẖ sdom",
"sense": "Calotropis procera",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "תַּפּוּחַ סְדוֹם"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sodomsagwa",
"sense": "Calotropis procera",
"word": "소돔사과"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Calotropis procera",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mleczara wyniosła"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Calotropis procera",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "algodão-de-seda"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Calotropis procera",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "flor de seda"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sodómskoje jábloko",
"sense": "Calotropis procera",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "содо́мское я́блоко"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Calotropis procera",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "algodón de seda"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Calotropis procera",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "flor de seda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Calotropis procera",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sodomäpple"
},
{
"code": "ff",
"lang": "Fula",
"sense": "Solanum incanum",
"word": "huytaare fowru"
},
{
"code": "ff",
"lang": "Fula",
"sense": "Solanum incanum",
"word": "huytaare buru"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "Solanum incanum",
"word": "yalo"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "Solanum incanum",
"tags": [
"class-3"
],
"word": "mũtongu"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "Solanum incanum",
"word": "ndulele"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "Solanum incanum",
"word": "igbo"
}
],
"word": "apple of Sodom"
}
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