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DATURA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Datura; genus Datura
Classified under:
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)