jimsonweed

jimsonweed

See also: jimson weed

English

Etymology

Jimson (alteration of Jamestown) + weed

Datura stramonium, jimsonweed

jimsosweed flower

jimsonweed plant

Noun

jimsonweed (countable and uncountable, plural jimsonweeds)

1. (US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
2. (US, by extension, proscribed) Any poisonous plant of the Datura genus.

Synonyms

• (poisonous plant): angel's trumpet, devil's apple, devil's cucumber. devil's trumpet, Jamestown weed, mad apple, moonflower, stinkweed, thorn apple, zombie's cucumber

Translations

Datura stramonium

Bashkir: ҡаразирә (qarazirä) Cahuilla: kíkesewva'al Cherokee: ᏒᏟ (svhli) Czech: durman (cs) m Danish: pigæble n Finnish: hulluruoho (fi) Galician: figueira do demo f, figueira tola f German: Stechapfel (de) m Hungarian: maszlag (hu), csattanó maszlag (hu) Italian: stramonio m Nahuatl: toloatzin

Navajo: chʼóhojilyééh Panamint: muippüh Persian: تاتوره‎ (fa) (tâture) Polish: bieluń f Portuguese: trombeta (pt) f, estramónio (pt) m (Portugal), estramônio m (Brazil), figueira-do-inferno f, figueira-do-diabo f Romanian: ciumăfaie (ro) f, laur (ro) m Russian: дурма́н (ru) m (durmán) Sanskrit: कनक (sa) m (kanaka) Spanish: estramonio m, toloache m Swedish: spikklubba c