Usually means: Toxic plant with trumpet-shaped flowers.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word thorn apple:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. thorn apple: Merriam-Webster
  2. thorn apple: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. thorn apple: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. thorn apple: Collins English Dictionary
  5. thorn apple: Vocabulary.com
  6. thorn-apple, thorn apple: Wordnik
  7. thorn apple: Wiktionary
  8. thorn apple: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. thorn apple: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. thorn apple: Dictionary.com
  11. thorn apple: Rhymezone
  12. thorn apple: FreeDictionary.org
  13. thorn apple: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. thorn apple: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. thorn apple: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Thorn-apple, thorn apple: Medical dictionary
  4. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See thorn_apples as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (thorn apple)

noun:  Any of several species of plants bearing thorns and apple-like fruit:
noun:  Datura spp., especially
noun:  Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), an annual plant having white flowers and prickly capsules.
noun:  Crataegus spp.
noun:  Solanum incanum, native to Africa and Asia

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