Definition of Apple Of Peru in English :

Define Apple Of Peru in English

Apple Of Peru meaning in English

Meaning of Apple Of Peru in English

Pronunciation of Apple Of Peru in English

Apple Of Peru pronunciation in English

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Apple Of Peru

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Noun

1. apple of peru, nicandra physaloides, shoo fly

coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry

2. apple of peru, common thorn apple, datura stramonium, jamestown weed, jimson weed, jimsonweed

intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Apple Of Peru

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n.
An annual plant (Nicandra physalodes) native to Peru, grown as an ornamental for its pale violet-blue, bell-shaped flowers. It is also a weed in agricultural fields.

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