— daturic , adj.
/deuh toor"euh, -tyoor"euh/ , n.
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. Cf. angel's-trumpet, jimson weed .
[ 1655-65; dhatura jimson weed dhattura ]