单词 | thorn-apple |
释义 | thorn-applen. The common name of Datura Stramonium, N.O. Solanaceæ (see datura n.), a coarse annual plant bearing large funnel-shaped white flowers, succeeded by large four-celled capsules covered with prickly spines; also the capsule or fruit itself. Also formerly called thorny apple. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Solanaceae (nightshade and allies) > [noun] > thorn-apple or brugmansia thorn-apple1578 thorny apple1578 floripondio1604 stramonium1682 burn-weed1756 devil's apple1759 stinkweed1804 jimsonweed1812 Brugmansia1822 stramony1842 angel's trumpet1866 metel1887 mad-apple1892 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxxvii. 440 Fruite, round as an apple.., beset rounde about with many prickley thornes, and therefore they call it Thorne apple. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana ii. ii. 877/2 Fresh Leaves of Strammonium bearing Thorn Apples. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 619 The Thorn-apple..is a violent narcotic when taken internally. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 415 Crenation of the red-corpuscles, giving rise to the so-called mulberry and thorn~apple forms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1578 |
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