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[syn: jimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, apple of Peru, Datura stramonium]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jamestown weed \James"town` weed`\ (Bot.)
The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura
stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown,
Virginia. See Datura.
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Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and
gympsum.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stramonium \Stra*mo"ni*um\, n. [NL.; Cf. F. stramoine.] (Bot.)
A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See
Datura, and Jamestown weed.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Atropine \At"ro*pine\, n. [Gr. ? inflexible; hence ? ?, one of
the three Parc[ae]; 'a priv. + ? to turn.] (Chem.)
A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from
the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the
Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its
power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also
daturine.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Datura stramonium
n 1: intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having
rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped
flowers and prickly fruits [syn: jimsonweed, jimson
weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, apple of
Peru, Datura stramonium]