Datura

See also: datura

Translingual

Datura fruit

Etymology

Originally published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. From Hindi धतूरा (dhatūrā). First attested in 1662.

Proper noun

Datura f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – thorn apples and related plants.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Solanales - order; Solanaceae - family; Solanoideae - subfamily; Datureae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Datura sect. Ceratocaulis, Datura sect. Datura, Datura sect. Dutra - sections
  • Datura stramonium (jimsonweed) – type species

Derived terms

• datugen
• datugenin
• daturadiol
• daturanolone

 

References

• Datura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Datura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Datura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.