jimsonweed

See also: jimson weed

English

Etymology

Jimson (alteration of Jamestown) + weed

Datura stramonium, jimsonweed
jimsosweed flower
jimsonweed plant

Noun

jimsonweed (countable and uncountable, plural jimsonweeds)

  1. (US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
  2. (US, by extension, proscribed) Any poisonous plant of the Datura genus.

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