ˈjim(p)sənˌ ̷ ̷ noun
or james·town weed ˈjāmzˌtau̇n- ; or jimson or jimp·son·weed also jimpson
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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