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Datura arborea

Datura arborea

9.9
A South American plant grown for its large sweet smelling trumpet shaped flowers
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : datura arbórea
  • The garden featured several Datura arborea plants, their white trumpet-shaped flowers glowing in the evening light.

Examples

  • Many gardeners cultivate Datura arborea for its striking appearance and strong fragrance.

  • The Datura arborea blooms beautifully in spring.

  • Datura arborea should be handled with care, as all parts of the plant are toxic if ingested.

  • Many gardeners admire the Datura arborea for its size.

  • Many gardeners cultivate Datura arborea for its striking appearance and strong fragrance.

  • The garden featured several Datura arborea plants, their white trumpet-shaped flowers glowing in the evening light.

  • The Datura arborea blooms beautifully in spring, attracting many pollinators.

Synonyms

maikoa
vsDatura arborea
  • US
9.9

A plant with large trumpet-shaped sweet-smelling flowers grown in gardens to make them look nice

emphasizes cultivation for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers rather than garden display

Surface Forms

Datura arborea singular
Datura arboreas plural

Morphology

Datura + arborea

This is a Latin binomial made from the genus name 'Datura' plus the specific epithet 'arborea', so compositionally it denotes a Datura species with a tree-like habit. However, 'arborea' is a Latin-derived form (not a common English word and not found in the provided dictionary), so an average B1 learner who only knows the surface constituents in English would be unlikely to reliably infer the specific ‘tree-like’ meaning.

Etymology

Datura arborea gets its name from an old Indian word 'dhatura' that became Datura, and the Latin word arborea meaning 'tree-like'. The name makes a picture: this species grows like a small tree with large, fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers and all parts are poisonous, so the name fits what gardeners see today.