datura

Noun
Synonyms: Daturagenus Datura

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. thorn appleSynonyms: Daturagenus Datura
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Datura \Da*tu"ra\, n. [NL.; cf. Skr. dhatt[=u]ra, Per. & Ar. tat[=u]ra, Tat[=u]la.] (Bot.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit. [1913 Webster]

Note: The commonest species are the thorn apple (D. stramonium), with a prickly capsule (see Illust. of capsule), white flowers and green stem, and Datura tatula, with a purplish tinge of the stem and flowers. Both are narcotic and dangerously poisonous. [1913 Webster]

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