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Apple Of Peru (Noun)

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

Nouns denoting plants.

The botanical gardens feature an extensive collection of tropical plants, including the beautiful Apple of Peru.
The Apple of Peru plant produces showy blue-and-white flowers in late summer, attracting many bees and butterflies.
After the blooms have faded, the Apple of Peru produces an interesting bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry.
Gardeners often cultivate the Apple of Peru as an ornamental herb due to its attractive foliage and unusual fruit.
The Apple of Peru grows as a coarse, hairy shrub, requiring regular pruning to maintain its shape and size.

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

Nouns denoting plants.

The apple of Peru is a weed that can grow up to 6 feet tall and has a strong, unpleasant odor.
The plant's large, showy flowers are often white or violet and have a distinctive trumpet shape, but they are also highly toxic.
Farmers often consider the apple of Peru to be a nuisance because of its ability to outcompete crops for water and nutrients.
The apple of Peru's prickly fruits are particularly hazardous to livestock, as they can cause severe illness or even death if ingested.
In some parts of the world, the apple of Peru is considered an invasive species and is actively eradicated by government agencies and landowners.