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apple of Peru


Definition: Meaning of, apple of Peru in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈap(ə)l ɒv;(ə)v pəˈruː /

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apple of Peru apples of Peru
  1. coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
    SYNONYM
    shoo fly, Nicandra physaloides
    ANTONYM
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  2. intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
    SYNONYM
    jimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, Datura stramonium
    ANTONYM
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