| thorn apple n. See datura. |
thorn apple
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a poisonous solanaceous plant, Datura stramonium, of the N hemisphere, having white funnel-shaped flowers and spiny capsule fruits US name jimson weed See also stramonium
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any other plant of the genus Datura
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fruit of certain types of hawthorn
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  thorn apple - any of several plants of the genus DaturaDatura, 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 |
Translations
thorn apple
n → Stechapfel m
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