thorn apple

1. 1.

   any of several plants of the genus Datura

   Broadershrub

   Narrowerjimsonweed

   Part ofDatura

Questions about thorn apple

What does thorn apple mean?

thorn apple means "any of several plants of the genus Datura".

Is thorn apple a common word?

thorn apple is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.