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Apple of peru

Apple of peru Meaning & Definition
Apple of peru Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Apple of peru?

[n] intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
[n] coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry

Synonyms | Synonyms for Apple of peru: common thorn apple | Datura stramonium | Jamestown weed | jimson weed | jimsonweed | Nicandra physaloides | shoo fly

Related Terms | Find terms related to Apple of peru:

See Also | genus Nicandra | herb | herbaceous plant | Nicandra | thorn apple

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