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单词 thorn apple
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Definition of thorn apple in English:

thorn apple

noun
  • 1A poisonous datura with large trumpet-shaped white flowers and toothed leaves, which has become a weed of waste ground in many countries.

    曼陀罗。〈北美〉亦称JIMSON WEED

    Datura stramonium, family Solanaceae

    Also called jimson weed in North America
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Recipes of love stimulants frequently contained such plants, especially henbane, mandrake, and in later times thorn apple.
    • Important are the accounts of opium, aconite, hemlock, and the thorn apple, showing careful study of widely known poisons.
    1. 1.1 The prickly fruit of the thorn apple, which resembles that of a horse chestnut.
      (多刺的)曼陀罗果
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘As well as being a hallucinogenic,’ says Phillips, ‘the thorn apple has a fiery, hot taste and causes sweating and burning sensations throughout the body’.

Definition of thorn apple in US English:

thorn apple

nounˈTHôrn ˌapəl
  • another term for jimson weed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Important are the accounts of opium, aconite, hemlock, and the thorn apple, showing careful study of widely known poisons.
    • Recipes of love stimulants frequently contained such plants, especially henbane, mandrake, and in later times thorn apple.
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