jimsonweed
See also: jimson weed
English edit
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Etymology edit
Jimson (alteration of Jamestown, Virgina) + weed
Noun edit
jimsonweed (countable and uncountable, plural jimsonweeds)
- (US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen.
- 1960, James F. Downs, “Washo Religion”, in Anthropological Records[1], volume 16, number 9, University of California Press, pages 365-386:
- In so doing I have included a number of categories which may not generally be considered suitable for inclusion under the heading of religion. Stewart, for instance, includes shamanism, curing, special powers of shamans, miscellaneous shamanistic information, guardian spirits, destiny of the soul, ghosts or soul, and jimsonweed.
- 2022, Jerrold S. Meyer, Andrew M. Farrar, Dominik Biezonski, Jennifer R. Yates, editors, Psychopharmacology, Fourth edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63:
- While the hallucinations produced by jimsonweed and other anticholinergics are frequently described as frightening or even “nightmarish,” the toxic anticholinergic syndrome caused by jimsonweed can include seizures, CNS depression, respiratory failure, and cardiac abnormalities, all of which can be life-threatening.
- (US, by extension, proscribed) Any poisonous plant of the genus Datura.
Synonyms edit
- (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 edit
Datura stramonium
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