Jamestown+weed
11jimson weed — ☆ jimson weed [jimp′sənjim′sən ] n. [altered < Jamestown weed, after JAMESTOWN, Va.] a poisonous annual weed (Datura stramonium) of the nightshade family, with foul smelling leaves, prickly fruit, and white or purplish, trumpet shaped flowers …
12jimson weed — /ˈdʒɪmsən wid/ (say jimsuhn weed) noun one of the thornapples, Datura stramonium, a coarse herb with white flowers and very poisonous leaves, widespread in the Northern Hemisphere. Also, Jimson weed. {US (1830s); alteration of Jamestown weed,… …
13jimson weed — also jimsonweed, 1812, American English, shortening of Jamestown weed (1680s), from Jamestown, Virginia colony, where it was discovered by Europeans (1676), when British soldiers mistook it for an edible plant and subsequently hallucinated for 11 …
14jimson weed — [ dʒɪms(ə)n] (also jimpson weed) noun North American term for thorn apple. Origin C17 (orig. as Jamestown weed): named after Jamestown in Virginia …
15Jimson weed — Jim son weed See {Jamestown weed}. [Local, U.S.] …
16jimson weed — noun intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet shaped flowers and prickly fruits • Syn: ↑jimsonweed, ↑Jamestown weed, ↑common thorn apple, ↑apple of Peru, ↑Datura stramonium • …
17The Sot-Weed Factor — is a 1960 novel by John Barth that satirizes picaresque novels such as Tristram Shandy and Tom Jones . (Sot weed is an old term for tobacco. A factor is a middleman who buys something to resell it.) Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME… …
18Datura stramonium — Jamestown weed James town weed (Bot.) The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium ({Datura stramonium}), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See {Datura}. [1913 Webster] Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and… …
19Datura stramonium — This article is about the hallucinogenic loco weed . For the plant toxic to livestock, see Locoweed. Thorn apple / Jimson weed Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …
20jimsonweed — jim•son•weed [[t]ˈdʒɪm sənˌwid[/t]] n. pln a coarse, rank weed, Datura stramonium, of the nightshade family, with poisonous oaklike leaves, tubular flowers, and prickly fruit Compare thorn apple 1) • Etymology: 1805–15, amer.; var. of Jamestown… …
