zombi apple
A Caribbean folk name for the toxic fruit of a plant associated with zombi (zombie) folklore, reflecting the cultural linking of certain poisonous plants with spirit possession or the walking dead.
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A Caribbean folk name for the toxic fruit of a plant associated with zombi (zombie) folklore, reflecting the cultural linking of certain poisonous plants with spirit possession or the walking dead. The term is now obsolete in everyday speech.
Fishermen warned the children away from the hedge, telling them it bore zombi apples that could steal your mind.
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(Caribbean, obsolete) The poisonous fruit of .
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