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jimsonweed
jim·son·weed J0043200 (jĭm′sən-wēd′)n. A poisonous annual plant (Datura stramonium) in the nightshade family, having large, trumpet-shaped white or purplish flowers and prickly egg-shaped seed capsules.
[Alteration of Jamestown weed, after Jamestown, Virginia, where in 1676 regimental cooks inadvertently fed the plant to British soldiers and intoxicated them.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  jimsonweed - intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruitscommon thorn apple, Datura stramonium, Jamestown weed, jimson weed, apple of Peruthorn apple - any of several plants of the genus Datura |
Translationsjimsonweed
jimsonweed[′jim·sən‚wēd] (botany) Datura stramonium. A tall, poisonous annual weed having large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and globose prickly fruits. Also known as apple of Peru. MedicalSeeDatura stramoniumjimsonweed
Synonyms for jimsonweednoun intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruitsSynonyms- common thorn apple
- Datura stramonium
- Jamestown weed
- jimson weed
- apple of Peru
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