da|tu|ra

da|tu|ra «duh TYUR uh, -TUR-», noun.

1. any one of a group of coarse, bad-smelling plants of the nightshade family, having funnel-shaped flowers, prickly pods, and narcotic properties, such as the jimson weed; thorn apple.

2. the flower of one of these plants.

╂[< Hindustani dhatūrā]