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What is a datura?

What is a datura? Here are some definitions.

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  1. A plant of the genus Datura, known for their trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties. [from 16th c.]
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White datura doubles develops flowers quite right, very large, 18 to 25 cm and quite corrugated.
A similar result is produced by Arum gyptiacum, when eaten, and by the flowers or seed of the datura.
At the end, the Indian heroine commits suicide by biting a poisonous datura flower because her British lover is deserting her.
In southern California, in ceremonies of the Chungichnich cults, contact with the highest god is achieved by smoking datura or jimsonweed, which produces hallucinations of animals.
It was a decoction of datura that wrung the truth from the old woman, by sending her into a trance from which she never recovered.
Despite its name, Eryngium Blue from DT Brown is not a sea holly but a bright-blue datura or jimson weed.

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