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Definition of Thorn apple
1. Noun. Any of several plants of the genus Datura.
Specialized synonyms: Apple Of Peru, Common Thorn Apple, Datura Stramonium, Jamestown Weed, Jimson Weed, Jimsonweed
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Thorn apple
1. Noun. The annual plant ''Datura stramonium'', having white flowers and prickly capsules. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Thorn apple
1. datura stramonium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thorn Apple
Literary usage of Thorn apple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1763)
"... en the internal -Ufa of the Thorn- Apple, ... according to their order in this
piece, is on the Stramonium foetidum, or Thorn-apple, which, ..."
2. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1880)
"The red thorn-apple: its use among the Indians of Peru; its remarkable effects;
... The common thorn-apple: its use in Europe for criminal purposes; ..."
3. A Treatise on Poisons: In Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, and by Robert Christison (1836)
"... thorn-apple to the skin when deprived of the cuticle. An instance has been
lately published of alarming narcotism from the application of the leaves to ..."
4. Gray's New Manual of Botany: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of by Asa Gray, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1908)
"thorn apple Calyx prismatic or cylindrical, б-toothed, separating transversely
above the base in fruit, the upper part falling away. ..."
5. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"DATURA STRAMONIUM, OB THORN-APPLE. HENBANE (HYOSCYAMUS NIGER). Symptoms and
Appearances.—The seeds (Pig. 23), roots, and leaves of this plant are poisonous. ..."
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