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Definition of Common thorn apple

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Thorn Apple

Literary usage of Common thorn apple

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"THE COMMON THORN-APPLE (Datura Stramonium) haa been long known even ir Europe to possess narcotic pro- ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"The common thorn-apple (D. stramonium) is employed as a narcotic among the ... This narcotic quality of the seeds of the common thorn-apple has also been ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The common THORN-APPLE, or STRAMONIUM (D. stramonium), is an annual plant, with smooth stem and leaves, white flowers, and erect prickly capsules, ..."

4. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"The common THORN-APPLE, or STRAMONIUM (D. stramonium), is an annual plant, with smooth stem and leaves, white flowers, and erect prickly capsules, ..."

5. South African Journal of Science by South African association for the advancement of science (1904)
"... Common thorn-apple, Jamestown weed, Jimson weed, Feuille du diable, Herbe du diable. Probably of Asiatic origin; now almost cosmopolitan; ..."

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