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datura |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Datura \Da*tu"ra\, n. [NL.; cf Skr. dhatt?ra, Per. & Ar tat?ra, Tat?la.] (Bot.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit. Note: The commonest species are the thorn apple ({D. stramonium}), with a prickly capsule (see Illust. of {capsule}), white flowers and green stem, and {D. tatula}, with a purplish tinge of the stem and flowers. Both are narcotic and dangerously poisonous. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Datura n : thorn apple [syn: {Datura}, {genus Datura}]
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