apple of peru

  • 1Apple of Peru — Apple Ap ple ([a^]p p l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [ a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown… …

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  • 2apple of Peru — noun 1. coarse South American herb grown for its blue and white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry • Syn: ↑shoo fly, ↑Nicandra physaloides • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Nicandra …

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  • 3apple of Peru — dumplūninė nikandra statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bulvinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Nicandra physalodes), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. Piktžolė. atitikmenys: lot. Atropa physalodes; Nicandra physalodes; Pentagonia physalodes angl. apple …

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  • 4apple-of-Peru — dumplūninė nikandra statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bulvinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Nicandra physalodes), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. Piktžolė. atitikmenys: lot. Atropa physalodes; Nicandra physalodes; Pentagonia physalodes angl. apple …

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  • 5apple of Peru — nikandra statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bulvinių (Solanaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Nicandra). atitikmenys: lot. Nicandra angl. apple of Peru; nicandra vok. Giftbeere rus. никандра lenk. nikandra …

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  • 6apple of Peru — a plant, Nicandra physalodes, of the nightshade family, having large blue flowers. [1775 85, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 7apple of Peru — noun an erect, pale blue flowered herb, Nicandra physalodes, native to South America but a weed of cultivation elsewhere …

  • 8Apple — Ap ple ([a^]p p l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [ a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1 …

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  • 9Apple blight — Apple Ap ple ([a^]p p l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [ a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown… …

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  • 10Apple borer — Apple Ap ple ([a^]p p l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [ a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown… …

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