peru : Idioms & Phrases
apple of peru
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noun coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
shoo fly; Nicandra physaloides.
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noun intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
jimsonweed; Jamestown weed; jimson weed; common thorn apple; Datura stramonium.
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balsam of peru
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noun dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases
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capital of peru
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noun capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
Lima.
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marvel-of-peru
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noun common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon
Mirabilis uniflora; Mirabilis jalapa; common four-o'clock.
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republic of peru
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noun a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries
Peru.
