thorn apple
See also: thornapple
English
Noun
thorn apple (plural thorn apples)
- Any of several species of plants bearing thorns and apple-like fruit
- Datura spp., especially
- Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), an annual plant having white flowers and prickly capsules.
- Crataegus spp.
- Datura spp., especially
Synonyms
- (Datura spp.): devil's trumpet, moonflower, jimsonweed, devil's weed, hell's bells
- (Datura stramonium): jimsonweed (US)
Translations
Datura stramonium — see jimsonweed
References
- “thorn apple”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “thorn apple”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
thorn apple on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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