thorn apple

[ thawrn ]

/ θɔrn /

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noun

any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.

the fruit of certain hawthorns of the genus Crataegus.

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Origin of thorn apple

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby thorn apple

thorite, thorium, thorium dioxide, thorium series, thorn, thorn apple, thornback, thornbill, thornbush, Thorndike, Thornhill

How to use thorn apple in a sentence

Leapolitan responded by saying, “hopefully youll [sic] bite into a poison apple.”
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The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.
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This gives to the second volume something of the smell of an apple store-room.
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Twenty acres of apple trees all in a orchard together, and twenty acres of strawberries set out betwixt and between the rows!
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All this while Squinty was chewing on the apple which he had picked up from the ground after he had jumped over the rope.
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And it did not take Squinty long to learn to jump the rope when there was no apple on the other side.
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Then Squinty would toss the apple up in the air, off his nose, and catch it as it came down.
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British Dictionary definitions for thorn apple

thorn apple

noun

a poisonous solanaceous plant, Datura stramonium, of the N hemisphere, having white funnel-shaped flowers and spiny capsule fruitsUS and Canadian name: jimson weed See also stramonium

any other plant of the genus Datura

the fruit of certain types of hawthorn

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