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Definition of Apple of Peru
1. Noun. Coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry.
Exact synonyms: Nicandra Physaloides, Shoo Fly
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Nicandra, Nicandra
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Nicandra, Nicandra
2. Noun. Intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits.
Exact synonyms: Common Thorn Apple, Datura Stramonium, Jamestown Weed, Jimson Weed, Jimsonweed
Generic synonyms: Thorn Apple
Generic synonyms: Thorn Apple