About The Word Jamestown weed
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Jamestown weed
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What's The Definition Of Jamestown weed?
[n] intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
Synonyms | Synonyms for Jamestown weed: apple of Peru | common thorn apple | Datura stramonium | jimson weed | jimsonweed Related Terms | Find terms related to Jamestown weed: See Also | thorn apple Jamestown weed In Webster's Dictionary \James"town` weed`\ (Bot.)
The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium ({Datura
stramonium}), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown,
Virginia. See {Datura}.
Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and
gympsum.
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