datura

Definitions

A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties.

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Examples

“Garcias ab Horto [...] makes mention⟳ of an herb called datura, “which, if it be eaten for twenty-four hours following, takes away all sense⟳ of grief, makes them incline to laughter and mirth” [...].”

“"Apple of Death" is what the Jungle call⟳ thorn-apple or dhatura, the readiest poison in all India.”

“"Suffice it that it was of the datura family which supplies deadly poisons as well as powerful medicines."”

“Datura did grow⟳ in Haiti, three species, all of them introduced from the Old World.”

“It was a decoction of datura that wrung the truth from the old woman, by sending her into a trance from which she never recovered.”

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