thorn apple
noun
1
: jimsonweed
also
: any plant of the same genus
2
: the fruit of a hawthorn
also
: hawthorn
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But during the Bronze Age, European shamans would have had to use the plants available to them, the study suggests, including such nightshades as mandrake, henbane, thorn apple and joint pine.
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Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
Atropine and scopolamine, powerful hallucinogens, can be found in plants in the nightshade family, among them mandrake, henbane and thorn apple.
—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
This looks like jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), also called thorn apple because of its spiky fruit.
—oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2019
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Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
Atropine and scopolamine, powerful hallucinogens, can be found in plants in the nightshade family, among them mandrake, henbane and thorn apple.
—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
This looks like jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), also called thorn apple because of its spiky fruit.
—oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2019
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thorn apple
noun
: jimsonweed
also
: any plant of the genus Datura
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