Definitions
A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties.
Word origin
From the genus name.
Used in a sentence
“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."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Toxic trumpet flower”6 letters
02“Poisonous trumpet bloom”6 letters
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