| 单词 | apple of peru |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple of Peru apple of Peru n. chiefly U.S. (a) the thorn apple or jimson weed, Datura stramonium; = apple-Peru n. at Compounds 2 (now rare); (b) the shoo-fly plant, Nicandra physalodes (family Solanaceae), of South America. ΚΠ 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes 257/2 A strange plant or thistle called the apple of Peru, the thornie or prickly apple. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Stramonia,..the Apple of Peru, or Thorn-Apple. 1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 354 Nicandra... Apple of Peru... N[icandra] physaloides... Sparingly naturalized near dwellings; a homely plant, native of Peru. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 20/2 Apple of Peru.—The Northern name for the Thorn Apple..or Jamestown Weed. 1971 A. Krochmal Med. Plants Appalachia 108 Datura stramonium..apple of Peru. 2003 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 24 Aug. b1/2 Apple of Peru originated in South America and also is known as shoo-fly because it is thought to repel insects. < as lemmas |
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