angel's-trumpet

noun

plural angel's-trumpets

: either of two South American plants of the genus Datura (D. suaveolens and D. arborea) cultivated for their large and fragrant trumpet-shaped blossoms

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

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