jamestown weed

Noun
Synonyms: jimsonweedjimson weedJamestown weedcommon thorn appleapple of PeruDatura stramonium

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruitsSynonyms: jimsonweedjimson weedJamestown weedcommon thorn appleapple of PeruDatura stramonium
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Jamestown weed \James"town` weed`\ (Bot.) The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura. [1913 Webster]

Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and gympsum. [1913 Webster]

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