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jimsonweed

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noun jimsonweeds · jimson weed · jimpson weed · jimpsonweed

  1. US, countable, uncountable A poisonous plant of the species Datura stramonium, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen. 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, g
  2. US, broadly, countable, proscribed, uncountable Any poisonous plant of the genus Datura.

Similar: angel's trumpet, devil's apple, devil's cucumber, devil's trumpet, Jamestown weed, mad apple, moonflower, stinkweed, thorn apple, zombie's cucumber

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noun Datura stramonium

Españolestramonio
हिन्दीधतूरा dhatūrā
Portuguêstrombeta, estramónio, estramônio, figueira-do-inferno, figueira-do-diabo
Françaisstramoine
DeutschStechapfel
Italianostramonio
Românăciumăfaie, laur
Русскийдурма́н durmán, дурма́н обыкнове́нный durmán obyknovénnyj, дурма́н воню́чий durmán vonjúčij

noun Any Datura

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हिन्दीधतूरा dhatūrā

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@misc{jimsonweed_2026,
  title = {jimsonweed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jimsonweed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}