thorn apple
Annual plant belonging to the nightshade family, native to America and naturalized worldwide. It grows to 2 m/6 ft in northern temperate and subtropical areas and has white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers followed by capsulelike fruits that split to release black seeds. All parts of the plant are poisonous. (Datura stramonium, family Solanaceae.)
| The fruit of the hawthorn is also called thorn apple. |
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