Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as jimson-weed.

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  • noun jimsonweed

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Examples

  • For instance, Euphorbias emit a sap that can raise welts on your skin and Datura, also known as jimson weed, is called a "witch's weed" because it contains hallucinogens.

    The Shad Plank 2009

  • There are a few mysterious exceptions, such as jimson weed (Datura wrightii) and desert milkweed (Asclepias erosa).

    Adaptations of desert plants 2009

  • The hopaye had smeared it with bear grease mixed with jimson weed to deaden the pain and invoke healing.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • The hopaye had smeared it with bear grease mixed with jimson weed to deaden the pain and invoke healing.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • I didn't take it, because anything that comes from jimson weed (and other datura relatives) has gotta be evil in my book.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • If you combine the sauce with mashed barley to create a wort that is then infused with jimson weed and Orange Tic-Tacs, you create a tincture that can be rubbed on minor cuts and abrasions -- that is if you don't drink it before it is boiled and reduced as the liquid is at that point a near identical substitution for Jagermeister.

    My Love for Maggi Seasoning Sauce - Maggi Sauce e d b m 2008

  • I read somewhere, years ago, that the name "jimson weed" may have come from "Jamestown."

    Beware the Deadly Palinflower 2008

  • A cousin of mine drank a jimson weed tea with his buddies.

    Beware the Deadly Palinflower 2008

  • There was jimson weed, which belonged more properly in fields, and celandine, and stinging nettles.

    The Unquiet John Connolly 2007

  • There was jimson weed, which belonged more properly in fields, and celandine, and stinging nettles.

    The Unquiet John Connolly 2007

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