| stramonium | <botany> A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed. Origin: NL.; Cf. F. Stramoine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| datura | <botany> A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit. The commonest species are the thorn apple (D. Stramonium), with a prickly capsule, white flowers and green stem, and D. Tatula, with a purplish tinge of the stem and flowers. Both are narcotic and dangerously poisonous. Origin: NL.; cf. Skr. Dhattra, Per. & Ar. Tatra, Tatla. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Datura poisoning | Poisoning resulting from ingestion of plants of the genus Datura; symptoms are parasympatholytic in nature and in severe poisoning include central nervous system depression, circulatory failure, and respiratory depression. (05 Mar 2000) |