thorn apple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.
Solanum incanum, native to Africa and Asia

thorn apple thorn apples thornapple

Cognate with Dutch doornappel and French pomme épineuse.

devil's trumpet moonflower jimsonweed devil's weed hell's bells

thorn-apple crystal

Cebuano: katsubong Kalmyk: манг Polish: bieluń Portuguese: trombeta

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