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jim·son·weed   (jĭm'sən-wēd')   
n.  A coarse poisonous plant (Datura stramonium) having large, trumpet-shaped white or purplish flowers and prickly capsules. Also called stramonium.

[Alteration of Jamestown weed, after Jamestown, Virginia.]
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Main Entry: jim·son·weed
Variant: also jimp·son·weed /'jim(p)-s&n-"wEd/
Function: noun
: a poisonous tallannual weed of the genus Datura (D. stramonium) that has rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers, and globe-shaped prickly fruits and that is a source ofstramonium called also Jamestown weed
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jimsonweed

annual, herbaceous, tropical plant (Datura stramonium) of the potato family (Solanaceae) that has become an introduced weed throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere. The plant was used by Algonquin Indians in eastern North America as a hallucinogen and intoxicant. The leaves contain potent alkaloids (hyoscamine and hyoscine), and the plant has been used to develop a drug (stramonium) for treating asthma.

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