datura

[ duh-toor-uh, -tyoor-uh ]

/ dəˈtʊər ə, -ˈtyʊər ə /

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noun

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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Compare angel's-trumpet, jimson weed.

Origin of datura

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

OTHER WORDS FROM datura

da·tu·ric, adjective

Words nearby datura

Datong, datu, Datuk, datum, datum plane, datura, DATV, dau., daub, daube, daubery

How to use datura in a sentence

Datura looked to Aaron like a city from the Bible, giving it a certain vicarious familiarity.
Blind Man's Lantern|Allen Kim Lang
The kachubong (Datura metel) appears also to flourish mostly by the seaside.
The History of Sumatra|William Marsden
I have already noticed the consequences resulting from drinking the decoction of the datura.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
Among them, especially near the path, grow plants of the common hothouse Datura, its long white flowers perfuming all the air.
At Last|Charles Kingsley

I therefore requested Mr. Merck, of Darmstadt, to send me all the bases which he obtained from datura.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882|Various

British Dictionary definitions for datura

datura

/ (dəˈtjʊərə) /

noun

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

Word Origin for datura

C16: from New Latin, from Hindi dhatūra jimson weed, from Sanskrit dhattūra

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