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Thorn apple   /θɔrn ˈæpəl/   Listen
Thorn apple

noun
1.
Any of several plants of the genus Datura.



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"Thorn apple" Quotes from Famous Books



... that there are more than five million Gypsies wandering about the globe, and that the narcotic seeds of the Thorn Apple, which apparently heal, as well as poison, have been a favorite medicine of theirs for ages, we can understand at least one means of the weed reaching these shores from tropical Asia. (Hindoo, dhatura.) Our Indians, who call it "white man's ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al
... man, after anointing his lingam with a mixture of the powders of the white thorn apple, the long pepper, and the black pepper, and honey, engages in sexual union with a woman, he makes her ...
— The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - Translated From The Sanscrit In Seven Parts With Preface, - Introduction and Concluding Remarks • Vatsyayana


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