jimsonweed
Noun

jimsonweed

  1. (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.
  2. (US, by extension, proscribed) Any poisonous plant of the Datura genus.
Synonyms Translations
  • German: Stechapfel
  • Italian: stramonio
  • Portuguese: trombeta, estramónio (Portugal), estramônio (Brazil), figueira-do-inferno, figueira-do-diabo
  • Russian: дурма́н
  • Spanish: estramonio, toloache



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