datura

American  

[duh-toor-uh, -tyoor-uh] / dəˈtʊər ə, -ˈtyʊər ə /

noun

1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, including some species grown as ornamentals and usually having funnel-shaped flowers and prickly pods: the leaves and seeds are the source of hallucinogenic alkaloids.

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datura British  

/ dəˈtjʊərə /

noun

1. any of various chiefly Indian solanaceous plants of the genus Datura , such as the moonflower and thorn apple, having large trumpet-shaped flowers, prickly pods, and narcotic properties

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• daturic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of datura

1655–65; < New Latin < Hindi dhatūra jimson weed < Sanskrit dhattūra

Example Sentences

George Takei sat in a V.I.P. room at the Waldorf-Astoria as a young makeup artist named Eryk Datura dabbed foundation on his brow.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2014

Carter and Kennedy face off in a quirky contest In a tiny, windowless office on West Palm Beach's Datura Street, Erica Bennett last week made one phone call after another to musical booking agents.

From Time Magazine Archive

These contain thorn apple, a common term for the botanist's Datura stramonium, also known as Jimson weed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The plants in Figure 332 I found growing among Datura stramonium beside old stumps in a pasture.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

The banks are moderately high wooded mountains, the uncultivated places in which are often overgrown with Datura.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp