thorn apple

== English == === Alternative forms === thornapple === Etymology === Cognate with Dutch doornappel and French pomme épineuse. === Noun === thorn apple (plural thorn apples) Any of several species of plants bearing thorns and apple-like fruit: Datura spp., especially Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), an annual plant having white flowers and prickly capsules. Crataegus spp. Solanum incanum, native to Africa and Asia ==== Synonyms ==== (Datura spp.): devil's trumpet, moonflower, jimsonweed, devil's weed, hell's bells (Datura stramonium): jimsonweed (US) ==== Derived terms ==== thorn-apple crystal ==== Translations ==== === References === “thorn apple”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “thorn apple”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. thorn apple on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Datura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Datura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Crataegus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Crataegus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons