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Meanings of apple of Peru in English
Portuguese
datura stramonium Intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits.
Portuguese
joá-de-capote Coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry.
Synonyms
Examples for "jimsonweed"
Examples for "jimsonweed"
1
A large ash-heap surrounded by jimsonweed and burdock marked the sight of the once beautiful red barn.
2
Of jimsonweed, leaves are imported, from 100,000 to 150,000 pounds annually, and 10,000 pounds of seed.
3
Lee smeared his face and hands with jimsonweed ointment and smoked a succession of pungent cigars, which kept the worst at bay.
4
How could Jimsonweed have gotten into your salad?
1
When the clothes are washed and ready to boil, pin jimson weed leaves upon the place.
2
Assafoetida, garlic, camphor, ' jimson weed,' valerian powder-phew
3
She'd drink the beer people left out for slugs and snails, and she'd nibble their jimson weed and nightshade and catnip.
4
You may often see her visiting the blossoms of the Jimson weed.
5
Amateur journalists, like dog-fennel and jimson weeds, usually blossom in Jayville.
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The leaves of Jamestown weed, bruised with cream or lard, are also good.
2
The leaves of the Jamestown weed, mashed with cream, are good for a stone-bruise.
3
Well, you must persuade her to use a liniment of Jamestown weed steeped in whisky.
4
It took more than datura to overthrow British rule, but the plant's role earned it the nickname Jamestown weed.
5
"I think the Jamestown weed groweth in these woods," he said dryly.
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Case reports: 3 cases of acute self-poisoning by ingestion of Datura stramonium are reported.
2
Studies using Datura stramonium agglutinin confirmed that the type of triantennary branching changed in this period of pregnancy.
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Due to its easy availability and strong anticholinergic properties, substance users and teens may use Datura stramonium as a drug.
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Conclusion: Primary care physicians might be informed about the abuse of Datura stramonium, often associated with substance misuse, and the need to educate risk-patients.
5
Yes, there was stramonium in those cigarettes-daturastramonium-perhapsa trace of hyoscyamine.