jimsonweed

See also: jimson weed

English

Etymology

Jimson (alteration of Jamestown) + weed

Datura stramonium, jimsonweed

jimsosweed flower

jimsonweed plant

Noun

jimsonweed (countable and uncountable, plural jimsonweeds)

(US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
(US, by extension, proscribed) Any poisonous plant of the Datura genus.

Synonyms

(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

Datura stramonium

Bashkir: ҡаразирә (qarazirä)
Cahuilla: kíkesewva'al
Cherokee: ᏒᏟ (svhli)
Czech: durman (cs) m
Danish: pigæble n
Finnish: hulluruoho (fi)
Galician: figueira do demo f, figueira tola f
German: Stechapfel (de) m
Hungarian: maszlag (hu), csattanó maszlag (hu)
Italian: stramonio m
Nahuatl: toloatzin

Navajo: chʼóhojilyééh
Panamint: muippüh
Persian: تاتوره‎ (fa) (tâture)
Polish: bieluń f
Portuguese: trombeta (pt) f, estramónio (pt) m (Portugal), estramônio m (Brazil), figueira-do-inferno f, figueira-do-diabo f
Romanian: ciumăfaie (ro) f, laur (ro) m
Russian: дурма́н (ru) m (durmán)
Sanskrit: कनक (sa) m (kanaka)
Spanish: estramonio m, toloache m
Swedish: spikklubba c

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