jimsonweed

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jimsonweed

A gardener carefully removes jimsonweed from the vegetable patch.

Definition

Noun: * A tall, fast-growing, and highly poisonous annual plant (Datura stramonium) native to tropical America but found worldwide. It is characterized by its foul-smelling foliage, large trumpet-shaped flowers (white or violet), and spiny seed pods.

Usage
  • "Jimsonweed" is used as a common name for the specific plant species . It is typically used in botanical, agricultural, and medical contexts to identify this toxic weed.
  • It is often discussed in warnings about poisonous plants due to its potent tropane alkaloids, which can cause severe hallucinations, delirium, and death if ingested.
Examples
  • The farmer worked to eradicate the jimsonweed that had invaded his cornfield.
  • Public health officials issued a warning after several teenagers were hospitalized from ingesting jimsonweed.
  • The large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers of jimsonweed can be misleadingly beautiful for such a dangerous plant.
Advanced Usage
  • Historical Context: The name "jimsonweed" is a corruption of "Jamestown weed," referring to an incident in Jamestown, Virginia, in the 17th century where British soldiers accidentally consumed the plant and experienced severe poisoning.
  • Ethnobotanical Use: Despite its extreme danger, jimsonweed has a history of use in some traditional rituals and medicines for its powerful psychoactive and anticholinergic properties, though such use is highly risky and not recommended.
Variants and Related Words
  • Common Names: thorn apple, devil's snare, devil's trumpet, locoweed, stinkweed.
  • Scientific Name: .
  • Related Plant: Other species within the genus are also commonly referred to as "jimsonweed" or "thorn apple" and share similar toxic properties.
Synonyms
  • Thorn apple
  • Devil's trumpet
  • (scientific name)
Idioms and Phrases

(This word is highly specific and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. Its usage is almost exclusively literal, referring to the plant itself.)

jimsonweed

A gardener carefully removes jimsonweed from the vegetable patch.

Noun
  1. intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits

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