thorn apple

or thorn·ap·ple (thôrn′ăp′əl)

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thorn apple

1. (Plants) a poisonous solanaceous plant, Datura stramonium, of the N hemisphere, having white funnel-shaped flowers and spiny capsule fruits. US and Canadian name: jimson weed See also stramonium

2. (Plants) any other plant of the genus Datura

3. (Plants) the fruit of certain types of hawthorn

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thorn′ ap`ple

(θɔrn)
n.

1. the jimsonweed or a related plant bearing prickly fruit.

2. the bright red or yellow fruit of certain hawthorns.

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Noun

thorn apple - any of several plants of the genus Datura

Datura, genus Datura - thorn apple

common thorn apple, Datura stramonium, Jamestown weed, jimson weed, jimsonweed, apple of Peru - intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Translations

thorn apple

n → Stechapfel m

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