α. 1500s– datura.
β. 1800s– dhattura (rare), 1800s– dhatura, 1800s– dhutoora.
单词 | datura |
释义 | daturan.α. 1500s– datura. β. 1800s– dhattura (rare), 1800s– dhatura, 1800s– dhutoora. 1. Any plant of the genus Datura (family Solanaceae), comprising poisonous plants with upright trumpet-shaped flowers and alternate, typically lobed or toothed leaves; esp. the thorn apple, D. stramonium. Also (in form Datura): the genus itself.The native range of this genus is uncertain, with widespread cultivation and naturalization resulting in a broad distribution of species across tropical and temperate regions.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 179. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > miscellaneous narcotic drugs from plants henbane?a1425 metel1528 datura1598 carpese1605 cabbage bark1777 majoun1780 lettuce opium1799 stramonium1802 niopo1821 tea oil1837 khat1858 pituri1861 steppe rue1881 ololiuqui1894 toloache1894 yopo1916 mellow yellow1966 1598 tr. B. Paludanus in W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxxi. 60/2 Deutroa of some called Tacula, of others Datura [Du. Dutroa, van sommige tatula geheeten, van andere datura]. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 104 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors A drug which..stupefies his senses... The Indians call this herb Doutro, Doutry, or Datura, and the Turks and Persians, Datula. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II. 838/2 Datura, thorn-apple,..the fruit is a subovated, bilocular, quadrivalvular, and commonly prickly capsule, fixed to the base of the cup. 1840 J. W. Loudon Ladies' Flower-garden Ornamental Annuals xlii. 252 There are several other species of Datura, natives of South America, which have not yet been introduced. All the species are very handsome, and of very easy culture. 1883 Cent. Mag. 27 205 Large white datura blossoms. 1909 E. Gosse Autumn Garden 41 Under the fluted Velvet datura's Trumpets of perfume Virginal white, Long I waited. 1939 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 17 Dec. 13/7 Daturas are a group of hardy and tender annuals and perennials, some of which are shrub-like. 2002 Horticulture July 24/3 The Kansas City botanist Jim Waddick discovered this plant growing among unvariegated daturas at his neighbor's house. 2. A preparation of any of these plants (esp. of D. stramonium), used as a poison or an intoxicating or hallucinogenic drug. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > hallucinogenic drug > other hallucinogenic drugs datura1820 teonanacatl1875 mescal1895 mescaline1896 Serax1957 MDA1959 ebene1967 muscimol1967 STP1967 angel dust1969 rocket fuel1976 love boat1982 1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. I. iv. iv. 466 The Javanese..eat heartily of the viands tendered to him by his passenger. These were mixed with the Datura, and immediately induced stupor and heavy sleep. 1848 G. Wyatt Revelations of Orderly (1849) 16 A gang of poisoners..rifling some travellers to whom they had administered dhutoora. 1878 Sunday at Home 21 Sept. 600/2 The brother who undertook the cooking had..little difficulty in mixing up a poisonous dose of Dhatura with the dough from which the victim's cakes were made. 1906 Black & White 6 Jan. 26/1 In his possession was a quantity of sweetmeats, which subsequent examination proved to be rank with dhatura, an Indian drug which can induce sleep or death. 1953 L. de Wohl Set All Afire (1963) iv. 125 Another of those young men who took too much datura. 2002 D. Pinchbeck Breaking Open Head (2003) xxviii. 203 ‘One thing that was weird after that,’ he said, ‘although I never tried datura again, I kept wanting to do it.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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