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Definition of devil's apple in English:
devil's apple
noun
North American thorn apple, Datura stramonium, which contains toxic and hallucinogenic alkaloids (now historical).
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in William Lewis (bap. 1708, d. 1781), physician and experimental chemist.
