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Noun: jimsonweed  'jim-sun,weed
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
    "Jimsonweed is notorious for its hallucinogenic and toxic properties";
    - jimson weed [N. Amer], Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, apple of Peru, Datura stramonium, jimson

Derived forms: jimsonweeds, jimson weeds

Type of: thorn apple

Encyclopedia: Jimsonweed