datura

American  

[duh-toor-uh, -tyoor-uh] / dəˈtʊər ə, -ˈtjʊər 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.

---

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

---

Other Word Forms

• daturic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of datura

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

datura

She has a piece with prickly pear cactus as well as datura in it, which is crazy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Actually, datura grows naturally in the U.S. and was well known to early American colonists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Around the post that holds the Main Street and Shaker Hill Road signs are petunias and datura, with its long, white, trumpet-shaped blossoms.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2019

When it was cold, all three boys slept in the adobe room, but usually Mark slept in a hammock in the large living room and Jeff outside next to the datura.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 28, 2016

I therefore requested Mr. Merck, of Darmstadt, to send me all the bases which he obtained from datura.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 by Various