Noun: jimsonweed 'jim-sun,weed
Usage: N. Amer
Usage: N. Amer
- 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