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Meaning of word apple of peru from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

apple of peru noun

Meaning : Coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry.

Synonyms : nicandra physaloides, shoo fly

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

Synonyms : common thorn apple, datura stramonium, jamestown weed, jimson weed, jimsonweed

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palatalized (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

palatine bone (noun)
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

thief (noun)
A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.

victimisation (noun)
An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly).

palsgrave (noun)
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

entertainment (noun)
An activity that is diverting and that holds the attention.

sugar (noun)
A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.

palatalised (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

victimization (noun)
Adversity resulting from being made a victim.

bog down (verb)
Get stuck while doing something.