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Define the word D stramonium

"D stramonium" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Datura \Da*tu"ra\, n. [NL.; cf. Skr. dhatt[=u]ra, Per. & Ar.
   tat[=u]ra, Tat[=u]la.] (Bot.)
   A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped
   flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The commonest species are the thorn apple (D. stramonium), with a prickly capsule (see Illust. of
         capsule), white flowers and green stem, and Datura tatula, with a purplish tinge of the stem and flowers.
         Both are narcotic and dangerously poisonous.
         [1913 Webster]