apple of Peru

noun

The flowering plant Nicandra physalodes of the nightshade family.

Similar
shoo flyNicandra physaloidesjimsonweedjimson weedJamestown weedcommon thorn appleDatura stramonium
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Meanings

nounapple of Peru (plural apples of Peru)

plural apples of Peru · alternative apple-of-Peru

  1. The flowering plant Nicandra physalodes of the nightshade family.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncoarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry

Similar
shoo flyNicandra physaloides
Broader
herbherbaceous plant

nounintensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits

Similar
jimsonweedjimson weedJamestown weedcommon thorn appleDatura stramonium
Broader
thorn apple
Also see
jamestown weedjimsonweed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch zegekruid
  • zegekruidNicandra physalodes
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APA

apple of Peru. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apple%20of%20Peru

MLA

“apple of Peru.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apple%20of%20Peru. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apple of Peru,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apple%20of%20Peru.

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