James·town weed /ˈʤemzˌtaʊn-/ 名詞
James·town weed Bot. The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura.
Note: ☞ This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and gympsum.
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Jamestown weed
n : intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having
rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet
trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits [syn: jimsonweed,
jimson weed, common thorn apple, apple of Peru, Datura
stramonium]