/jim"seuhn/
a coarse, rank-smelling weed, Datura stramonium, of the nightshade family, having oaklike, poisonous leaves and tubular white or lavender flowers.
Also, jimpson weed /jimp"seuhn/ , Jimson weed .
[ 1805-15, Amer.; var. of JAMESTOWN WEED, after JAMESTOWN, Virginia ]