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noun
The flowering plant Nicandra physalodes of the nightshade family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: jimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, Datura stramonium
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thorn apple
noun
coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: shoo fly, Nicandra physaloides
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
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