» apple of peru
Noun (2 meanings)
1. coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry.
apple of peru is a type of:
- herb, herbaceous plant (noun) - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem
apple of peru is a member of:
- Nicandra, genus Nicandra (noun) - sturdy annual of Peru
2. intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits.
jimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, apple of Peru, Datura stramonium
apple of peru is a type of:
- thorn apple (noun) - any of several plants of the genus Datura