JIMSONWEED


Meaning of JIMSONWEED in English

ˈjim(p)sənˌ ̷ ̷ noun

or james·town weed ˈjāmzˌtau̇n- ; or jimson or jimp·son·weed also jimpson

( -s )

Usage: often capitalized J

Etymology: from Jamestown, Va.

: an intensely poisonous tall coarse annual weed ( Datura stramonium ) of tropical and perhaps Asiatic origin now naturalized in many parts of the world and having rank-smelling foliage and large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers that are succeeded by globose prickly fruits — called also apple of Peru

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.