[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

datura \datu"ra\, n. nl.; cf. skr. dhatt=ura, per.  ar.
   tat=ura, tat=ula. bot.
   a genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped
   flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.
   1913 webster

   note: 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.
         1913 webster
see also:
d. stramonium capsule datura tatula 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

datura
     n : thorn apple syn: genus datura
see also:
genus datura 

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