jimsonweed

jim·son·weed

jimsonweed

noun

A poisonous annual plant (Datura stramonium) in the nightshade family, having large, trumpet-shaped white or purplish flowers and prickly egg-shaped seed capsules.

Origin of jimsonweed

Alteration of Jamestown weed after Jamestown , Virginia, where in 1676 regimental cooks inadvertently fed the plant to British soldiers and intoxicated them

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural jimsonweeds)

(botany, US) A poisonous plant Datura stramonium, in the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.

Origin

Jimson (alteration of Jamestown) + weed

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