Garcias ab Horto [...] makes mention of an herb called datura, “which, if it be eaten for twenty-four hours following, takes away all sense of grief, makes them incline to laughter and mirth” [...].
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Datura
Synonyms for "datura" (8 found)
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Noun(2 words)
alkaloids from daturadatura genus
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
jimson weedjimsonweed
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
thorn applethorn apple genusthorn apple grouptropane alkaloids
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6 entriesdevil's trumpetjimson weednightshade familythorn appletoxic planttropane alkaloids
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2 entriesdatura garden plantdatura plant
Sample sentences
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"Apple of Death" is what the Jungle call thorn-apple or dhatura, the readiest poison in all India.
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"Suffice it that it was of the datura family which supplies deadly poisons as well as powerful medicines."
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Datura did grow in Haiti, three species, all of them introduced from the Old World.
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