Vine of Sodom

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This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.

Vine of Sodom - referred to only in Deut. 32:32. Among the many conjectures as to this tree, the most probable is that it is the osher of the Arabs, which abounds in the region of the Dead Sea. Another conjecture equates it with the colocynth.

Its fruit are the so-called "apples of Sodom", which, though beautiful to the eye, are exceedingly bitter to the taste. (See Ein Gedi.)

The people of Israel are referred to here by Moses as being utterly corrupt, bringing forth only bitter fruit.