HyperDic: apple_of_peru

English > 2 senses of the expression apple of Peru:
NOUNplantapple of Peru, shoo fly, Nicandra physaloidescoarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
plantapple of Peru, jimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, Datura stramoniumintensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
English > apple of Peru: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningcoarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry.
Synonymsshoo fly, Nicandra physaloides
Member ofNicandra, genus Nicandrasturdy annual of Peru
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
English > apple of Peru: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaningintensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits.
Synonymsjimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, Datura stramonium
Broaderthorn appleAny of several plants of the genus Datura
Spanishestramonio
CatalanDatura stramonium

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