English Explanatory Dictionary

jimsonweed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen.
Any poisonous plant of the genus Datura.

Word forms

jimsonweed jimsonweeds jimson weed jimpson weed jimpsonweed

Etymology

From Jimson + weed.

Synonyms

angel's trumpet devil's apple devil's cucumber devil's trumpet Jamestown weed mad apple moonflower stinkweed thorn apple zombie's cucumber

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