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Webster 1913 Edition
Datura
‖
Da-tu′ra
,Noun.
[NL.; cf. Skr.
dhattūra
, Per. & Ar. tatūra
, Tatūla
.] (Bot.)
A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.
☞ 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. Webster 1828 Edition
Datura
DATU'RA
,Noun.
DAUB, v.t.