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Datura  n.  (Bot.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit. Note: The commonest species are the thorn apple (D. stramonium), with a prickly capsule, white flowers and green stem, and Datura tatula, with a purplish tinge of the stem and flowers. Both are narcotic and dangerously poisonous.





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... Datura.—Ornamental half-hardy annuals. The seeds of all the species must be sown on a hotbed early in spring. When the plants are strong enough transplant them in the border, where they will bloom more freely than in pots. The seeds of D. Ceratocaula will sometimes ...
— Gardening for the Million • Alfred Pink


Words linked to "Datura" :   Datura sanguinea, family Solanaceae, Datura arborea, Datura stramonium, thorn apple, Datura suaveolens, asterid dicot genus, potato family


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