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apple of Peru

 
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–noun
a plant, Nicandra physalodes, of the nightshade family, having large blue flowers.
Also called shoo-fly plant.

Origin:
1775–85, Americanism
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Travel to Peru
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apple of Peru  
n.  An annual Peruvian plant (Nicandra physalodes), grown as an ornamental for its pale violet-blue, bell-shaped flowers and its fruits enclosed in papery inflated calyxes. Also called shoo-fly plant.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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