单词 | apple-peru |
释义 | > as lemmasapple-Peru apple-Peru n. U.S. (now rare) the thorn apple or jimson weed, Datura stramonium (cf. apple of Peru n. (a) at Phrases 3e). ΚΠ 1784 Cutler in Mem. Amer. Academy (1785) I. 419 Apple-peru... Common by the waysides. August. 1835 Star & Republican Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 27 Apr. Mary recollected that during her walk, she plucked some pods of Apple Peru, and had eaten some of the seeds. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. i. 56 A grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-peru, and such unsightly vegetation. 1999 R. J. Begiebing Adventures of Allegra Fullerton 148 Fitz Lane..got about only on a pair of crutches as a result..of eating an Apple-Peru plant in his father's garden. < as lemmas |
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