DATURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Datura mean? 

• DATURA (noun)
  The noun DATURA has 1 sense:

1. thorn apple

  Familiarity information: DATURA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DATURA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thorn apple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Datura; genus Datura

Hypernyms ("Datura" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Datura"):

thorn apple (any of several plants of the genus Datura)

Holonyms ("Datura" is a member of...):

family Solanaceae; potato family; Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)

 Context examples 

The Datura genus comprises 14 plant species and hybrids, the majority of which are herbaceous annuals or shrubs.

(Scientists examine the ethnobotanical uses of stramonium, University of Granada)

The Datura genus, which includes stramonium, encompasses a number of plant species that have featured heavily in the traditional medicine and popular culture of countries such as Mexico and Spain.

(Scientists examine the ethnobotanical uses of stramonium, University of Granada)