Definitions for Datura

Datura da·tu·ra

Spelling: [duh-too r-uh, -ty
IPA: /dəˈtʊər ə, -ˈtyʊər ə/

Datura is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in Datura (aadrtu).

Definitions for Datura

noun

  1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, including some species grown as ornamentals and usually having funnel-shaped flowers and prickly pods: the leaves and seeds are the source of hallucinogenic alkaloids.

Origin of Datura

1655-65; New Latin Hindi dhatūra jimson weed Sanskrit dhattūra

Examples for Datura

The kachubong (datura metel) appears also to flourish mostly by the seaside.

A similar result is produced by Arum gyptiacum, when eaten, and by the flowers or seed of the datura.

The same condition occurs frequently in some species of datura and Campanula.

Bumping along the trail into datura, Aaron Stoltzfoos studied the land.

An alkaloid obtained from common henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and also from the thorn apple (datura stramonium).

In the morning, Stoltzfoos prepared for his trip into datura by donning his Sunday-best.

No antidote is known.531 Another species, namely, datura tatula, is now preferred for cigars or cigarettes.

The juice of the leaves is an antidote for the datura (Stramonium).

The banks are moderately high wooded mountains, the uncultivated places in which are often overgrown with datura.

The poisonous property of the datura plant is known as daturin.

Word Value for Datura
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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