d stramonium

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d stramonium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Datura \Da*tu"ra\, n. [NL.; cf. Skr. dhatt[=u]ra, Per. & Ar.
     tat[=u]ra, Tat[=u]la.] (Bot.)
     A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped
     flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.
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     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.
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