prickly nightshade
51love apple — 1. a tropical, tender plant, Solanum aculeatissimum, of the nightshade family, having prickly leaves, clusters of large, star shaped white flowers, and red, tomatolike fruit. 2. Archaic. the tomato. [1570 80; cf. F pomme d amour, G Liebesapfel] * …
52paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac blue flowers. Also called potato vine. * * * …
53scarlet eggplant — a hairy, prickly plant, Solanum integrifolium, of the nightshade family, native to Africa, grown for its furrowed, nearly round, scarlet or yellow ornamental fruit. Also called tomato eggplant. * * * …
54thorn apple — /thawrn/ 1. any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, esp. the jimson weed, D. stramonium. 2. the fruit of certain hawthorns of the genus Crataegus …
55Octavio Paz: Nobel Lecture — ▪ Primary Source Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1990 (Translation) In Search of the Present I begin with two words that all men have uttered since the dawn of humanity: thank you. The word gratitude has equivalents in every… …
56datura — da•tu•ra [[t]dəˈtʊər ə, ˈtyʊər ə[/t]] n. ras pln any plant of the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, usu. having tubular flowers and prickly pods: a source of hallucinogenic alkaloids Compare jimsonweed Etymology: 1655–65; < NL < Hindi …
57horse nettle — horse′ net tle n. pln a large prickly North American weed, Solanum carolinense, of the nightshade family, having clusters of violet to white flowers …
58jimsonweed — jim•son•weed [[t]ˈdʒɪm sənˌwid[/t]] n. pln a coarse, rank weed, Datura stramonium, of the nightshade family, with poisonous oaklike leaves, tubular flowers, and prickly fruit Compare thorn apple 1) • Etymology: 1805–15, amer.; var. of Jamestown… …
59jimson weed — ☆ jimson weed [jimp′sənjim′sən ] n. [altered < Jamestown weed, after JAMESTOWN, Va.] a poisonous annual weed (Datura stramonium) of the nightshade family, with foul smelling leaves, prickly fruit, and white or purplish, trumpet shaped flowers …
60African holly — noun woolly stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries • Syn: ↑Solanum giganteum • Hypernyms:… …
