Datura
Pronunciation : Da*tu"ra
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [NL.; cf. Skr. dhatt, Per. & Ar. tat, Tat.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: 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 (see Illust. of capsule), white flowers and green stem, and D. tatula, with a purplish tinge of the stem and flowers. Both are narcotic and dangerously poisonous.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913